23 August 1944 Posted on August 22, 2013 by Staff A US Army Air Forces B24 bomber crashes into a school in Freckleton, England killing 61 people. Famous Words of Inspiration..."Don't let your ego get too close to your position, so that if your position gets shot down, your ego doesn't go with it." Colin Powell — Click here for more from Colin Powell Related posts: 15 July 1815 19 October 1813 7 March 1799 20 May 1813 4 January 1944 4 April 1944 2 December 1804 4 August 1796 12 August 1985 23 August 1939