Haunted Airfields/Stories

[mushbuster]

......kind of like your Not the only one watching.......
All the best
Would be interesting to know more about above
All the best
Max

Max, that will be because you are not the only one watching, ask MikeB

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[Skywatcher]

Yes I know this:- it's just it seems a little spooky at certain times ...
Thanks again
All the best
Max
P.s I'm not even sure if such things as ghosts exits anyway..
Fun finding out about stories though and is fun!!:):)

[Firefighter]

I know it is a story but, The Shepherd by Frederick Forsyth is an aviation ghost story about a pilot flying back from Germany in 1957, in a Vampire, he is lost! but a Mosquito guides him into a airfield, and it is Christmas Eve.
Very good read.

[reheat]

R.A.F. Leconfield in East Yorkshire.Apparantly the Control Tower is haunted.

[UKADGE]

Post war my Granparents and their children lived on Stoke Orchard airfield. It closed as soon as the war was over.. due to a housing shortage they lived on the base tempory. They lived in the baracks and billets with familys having buildings allocated. One warm Summer nite (1945-1946) they was outside talking to the neighbours, my Gramp stood in the open doorway. Every one experianced an eerie presance.. it went cold all of a sudden, my gramps dog went nuts.. barking and running around.. My gramp felt an icy blast pass through him... When the dog eventually calmed down..he refused to enter the billet for days...

Hotspur gliders was based at Stoke Orchard during the latter part of the war. At least one fatality was the resault of the crash of a glider that could not drop its end of the towline. The towline taking off chimnley stacks in near by Bishops Cleeve, before bringing down the glider killing the trainee pilot.

The domestic site was slowly demolished in the 1980's 4 hangars remain..still in use for non flying purposes.

[UKADGE]

I was stationed at RAF West Drayton in the 1980's... The modern Sargents mess was haunted.. and meny a Duty Sargent reported noises in the nite and strange goings on..

It was rumored that the base was built over the site of a Black Plauge burial pit... I wonder if the residents of the housing now on that site.. get any strange goings on.... !!!

[teeonefixer]

The tower at Elvington is reputed to be haunted.
My wife has taken people with a Learning Disability and they are really percetive and won't go near it on their visits there !

[TankBuster]

Another haunted site is the old airfield 'Station 150 Boxted' just to the north of Colchester. Apparently ghostly figures have been seen there in the past, and what soundslike muffled conversations can sometimes be heard, particularly around the old airfield buildings in the Lodge Lane area of Langham.

I've been down there many times myself, but never seen or heard anything. I only ever felt uneasy on one occasion, but maybe that was due to me having prior knowledge of the ghost stories? Considering the history of the place, I wouldn't be at all surprised if the old airfield had absorbed a spiritual energy relating to the war years.

TankBuster

[Bucky P]

I know it is a story but, The Shepherd by Frederick Forsyth is an aviation ghost story about a pilot flying back from Germany in 1957, in a Vampire, he is lost! but a Mosquito guides him into a airfield, and it is Christmas Eve.
Very good read.

I read this book many years ago, it's the kind of book that you pick up and don't put down until the end, gripping and very spooky, you feel like you're flying the Vampire!

[condor]

Just a few offerings , as ''The Shepherd'' really gets you in the mood ..

PPrune link ........... http://www.pprune.org/military-aircrew/ ... ulies.html
Ghost story of at least 30 or more years ago , from either a Christmas ..Flight International or Balpa's ..The Log. RAF Middleton St George , now Teesside [ or new name ] airport ... http://www.freewebs.com/barne/articles.htm ....... written by one who wuz there !

happy Halloween

condor

[Wrighty]

RFA East Kirkby

Derek Acorah (DA) picked up on the spirit of Sgt Arthur Henderson (RAF), he was an Air Gunner on a Lancaster and was killed in 1945 when his Lancaster collided with another Lancaster. Sgt Robert Banks a Rear Gunner aboard the same Lancaster was also killed in the same accident. They are said not to be grounded at the site, but being spirits they come back together to visit the site of the accident and because of the wreckage of their bomber which is still there at the museum.

DA picked up the , he makes himself seen to people at the museum

A spirit has been seen walking across the airfield towards the Control Tower. According to Derek Acorah, he believed that he makes himself seen to people at the museum due to the fact that he wants to know why he wasn't aload to land his Spitfire at RAF Kirkby. It is believed to believed to be the spirit of RCAF Flying Officer Norman Watt . His Spit crashed at the site, and DA picked up, and records seem to back him up saying that he wasn't due to fly that particular sortie / mission, but he was due to collect a new car or his car from a local garage and wasn't able to collect it so he volunteered to fly instead. The spirit was said to be distraught because he didn't have his wallet with the document in it about his car. In 1985 the spitfire reckage was found with the pilots remains still in the cockpit. The mans wallet was recovered and inside is the document in question along with other bits and bobs like drivers licence. This is viewable still at the museum. DA says that he is grounded at the site due to anger of the spirit not getting an answer on why he wasn't allowed to land his spitfire http://silksheenphotography.co.uk/resid ... y-history/

John Pullam & Dearing (1st name unkwown) records can't be found on these two people but they are believed to visit the site from time to time (spiritually)

The spirit of Robert Hutchins (No records found at the time) & Sgt Robert Hay (Air Gunner, survived war and died in 1989) was picked up by DA, they come in visitation to the site. DA picked up that these persons were pleased that the restoration of the Lancaster was progressing well and mentioned that they was aware that was an issue with one of the engines. They come in visitation to the site, seem to be attracted to the Lancaster. At the time of filming there was an issue with an engine.

Control Tower

Lights have been seen by people walking around the museum.
The telephones have supposed to have rung out even thou they are not connected.
Voices heard of goings on from the past when the control tower was in use.

All this comes from an episode of Most Haunted. This particular episode is from season 3.

From what information was mentioned all seem to be spirits rather then ghosts

[alan8859]

We visited East Kirkby a couple of years ago, we wandered round the site with our Black Labrador who's as soft as they come and never barks at anything. As we went into the ops room the dog started barking at something that wasn't there and wouldn't go any further into the room. Odd as it's never done anything like that before or since.

[blakey]

He's often very accurate with what he senses.

You mean he did his homework before arriving at the venue

[tonkatom]

Brooklands , what used too be a busy airfield but no longer even a runway present anymore.A lot of ghostly going on with aviation and motor car history at this place,below is some info that I copy and pasted from a website :

Brooklands is also known for something else which is not so easy to explain. Think of a scary movie you saw or a video game you played and the dimly lit ghostly atmosphere of those worlds. This overgrown and semi-derelict track has a very similar atmosphere and is a place where many reports of strange occurrences such as doors opening and shutting of their own accord, the sound of footsteps, engines revving-up and tyres squealing at 2am in the morning. Sounds just like the beginning storyline of an action RPG or a movie but it is much harder to explain than just creepy sounds or doors opening. The sightings of a figure dressed in white overalls and a helmet seen by some to walk across a carpark only to disappear before their eyes. One particular disturbing incident was witnessed by a young boy living nearby who saw 'The figure of a man staggering around with his head half hanging off'. The boy was so severely shocked that he had to be given medical treatment.

In the past many drivers have been killed after driving off the side of the banked track and also during World War II the RAF were based here and the ghosts of airmen and ground personnel have also been encountered. At the centre of a particularly haunted area of Brooklands is a large shed known as 'The Vatican' which houses the Talbot racing car of Percy Lambert who in the 1930's suffered a burst tyre on his car while trying to break the world speed record and was killed when his car was thrown off the track and towards the massive assembly works. Many of the staff at Brooklands believe that Percy Lambert now haunts Brooklands and is responsible for most of the strange occurances there.
A great museum if you ever get the chance too visit.

[Wrighty]

Hi Gary

Without going to far off topic, yes I am a fan, I very much enjoy the show

And yes there was a big issue with Derek Acorah, i'll leave it to you to google the reason / story with DAs leaving the show.

RFA East Kirkby

Derek Acorah (DA) picked up on the spirit of Sgt Arthur Henderson (RAF), he was an Air Gunner on a Lancaster and was killed in 1945 when his Lancaster collided with another Lancaster.

DA picked up the , he makes himself seen to people at the museum

A spirit has been seen walking across the airfield

All this comes from an episode of Most Haunted. This particular episode is from season 3.

From what information was mentioned all seem to be spirits rather then ghosts

A Most Haunted fan?
As you probably know, Derek isn't with Most Haunted anymore due to a fall-out with the producers, but he still does theatre performances and is planning more of his own tv shows. He's often very accurate with what he senses.

[chrisfg1]

Wikipedia entry on Derek...

"On several occasions the former Spiritualist medium Derek Acorah was supposedly possessed by an entity, sometimes evil or sometimes "lost and confused". Two such cases exposed Acorah. Before the filming, Acorah had been fed misinformation twice about the non-existent ghosts of Kreed Kafer and Rik Eedles by the show parapsychologist Dr. Ciarán O' Keeffe (under instruction from Karl Beattie, according to the now-defunct Bad Psychics website). During the investigations, later broadcast, Acorah presented the information as fact and even behaved as though being possessed by the fictional ghosts. O'Keeffe later revealed in the Daily Mirror that Kreed Kafer and Rik Eedles were anagrams of 'Derek Faker' and 'Derek Lies'.[5] Even though O' Keeffe exposed Acorah, the paper also claimed that O'Keeffe had exposed the rest of the Most Haunted team. O'Keeffe later reported that he had been grossly misquoted and misrepresented in the article, and produced a response outlining his version of the show based on his observations and findings, saying he had exposed Derek Acorah and not the entirety of Most Haunted. The show's presenter and executive producer, Yvette Fielding said in an interview that she believes it was a fake possession.[8]
Although not mentioned by O'Keeffe, the Mirror article also brought into question unedited footage which appeared to show Fielding and Karl Beattie faking 'paranormal' occurrences such as ghostly bumps and knocks. Fielding denied the claims.[5]
Further controversy centred on Derek Acorah again in the West Country, this time in Devon. On the first night filming "Terror in Torbay", Acorah mentioned a woman incarcerated by her jealous sister in the cellar of Lupton House, even coming up with the names Margaret and Eleanor. In this case, the facts were right, but the location was wrong. This is the well-known legend of Berry Pomeroy Castle which was to be the last night's location. On the final night, at Berry Pomeroy, Fielding reminded Acorah that he had mentioned the incarcerated sister two nights prior. Acorah glossed over his mistake and changed the subject.
There have been many viewer complaints about the show to the Television Regulator in the UK, Ofcom. Ofcom described the show as one "where techniques are used which mean the audience is not necessarily in full possession of the facts". Ofcom ruled that this was not fraud because Most Haunted is an entertainment show, not a legitimate investigation into the paranormal, and should not be taken seriously.[9]"

[TankBuster]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qh3clLpAIpU

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TankBuster

[davedubya]

Of course... There is no mention that the producers of Most Haunted WANTED Derek to fake the spirit contacts/possessions etc to help improve the show's waning ratings!

Also, a lot of the spirit phenomena was so obviously faked, that a lot of viewers complained!

A lot?