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Originally Posted by jamesicus
.......... I was on August Bank Holiday at Blackpool with my mother in 1941 when the the following mid-air collision over the Central Railway Station occurred. We were at the South Shore Pleasure Beach when the crash occurred and so I did not see it -- but I heard it and we went to the crash site a short time later:
http://web.ukonline.co.uk/lait/site/Botha-Defiant.htm
The above excellent report is very detailed and accompanied by several great on-the-spot photos.
James
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BTW, as a point of trivial interest, the middle two open platform bays of Blackpool Central Station
http://web.ukonline.co.uk/lait/site/...fiant%2011.htm were used by the Colne-Burnley-Accrington-Blackpool wakes week, August Bank holiday and excursion trains -- including the fabled Saturday night "Passion Express".
James