A true story of an RAF ghost

[@jonathansteadman7935]

I remember reading about an air gunner on Hampdens who was seen looking for his gloves in the dispersal changing rooms. One of the off duty airman questioned why he wasn't on the Operation that was being flown and again the airman just said he couldn't find his gloves. After the bombers returned it was reported this airman was on this operation, had complained about having cold hands because he'd forgotten his gloves. He'd been killed when attacked by fighters, about the time he'd been seen back at the base.

[@alanbrooke-feather7567]

I was serving as a RAFVR(Training) Flt.Lt , running a summer camp for cadets at FAF Linton-On -Ouse in 1987. I was investigating the old WW2 Bomb Dump one bright sunny day when I suddenly felt very cold and saw clearly a man wearing WW2 uniform, including the leather jerkin worn by armourers. The image smiled, approach ed me then disappeared. Alan Brooke-Feather,.

[@allybally0021]

I read a biography of WW2 pilot Richard Hillary and the writer had a similar encounter at an abandoned training base in the Scots borders - RAF Charterhall.

[@jaykaye7025]

Was you scared and did the ghost see you?

[@michaelbailey8729]

@@allybally0021 it was a training base and sadly there were many trainee casualties there.

[@allybally0021]

@@michaelbailey8729 Its nickname was 'Slaughter All' - night fighter training and lots killed.

[@GregoryDeese]

I was visited by a ghost in 1994 in Enterprise, Alabama. I was working as a police dispatcher and we had a desk near the entrance near the main door. The glass doors had bells on the inside handles that would ring if the door was even slightly opened. One night during a violent thunderstorm, I was working third shift, I was making coffee with my back to the entrance, i turned around and their was a very skinny man with long, stringy hair, pale skin, dark eyes,. old blue jean jackets like those from the seventies, straw hat, scuffed cowboy boots and green teeth. I said "may I help you" as I reached back for my .38 revolver. The door bell had not clanged and this surprised me. The man said "Hey partner i was just looking to catch a ride with a truck driver, I am on my way to Georgia." To the west of us, one mile away was a new Conoco truck station, "you were walking east bound did you not see the Conoco truck stop? There are dozens of trucks there. " I said, He looked out the window puzzled. The Conoco had just been built. He asked to use the phone and I handed him the landline touch tone phone and he was confused about that. I dialed the number but, he got no answer. He then said " i sure would like a cup of your coffee, it's been a long while!" I obliged and gave him the coffee. he took one drink and stated that was good coffee and he appreciated my hospitality.. I noticed he was soaking wet, so I decided to get him a towel. I went to the cleaning locker to get a bath towel (we had them for inmates) and I turned around, he was gone. Again the door bell did not ring. I called my duty sergeant in and asked him to look for the man, he patrolled the highway for an hour but could find no trace of him anywhere. We reviewed the security VHS tape and he did not appear on it, but there I was startled, talking and handing a cup of coffee. NO prints were on the cup. I told the Mayor and Police Chief about the encounter the next day , they had been residents for decades, they got upset quickly and told me to shut my mouth and never speak of it again to no one. The VHS tape disappeared as well. Later some old timers told me about a young man that was walking on the highway in the 1970's during a violent thunderstorm, he was hitch hiking and got ran over by a truck, on the shoulder. He died a violent and unexpected death. They said he appears every year and was buried in the city cemetery as an unknown. I believe that people who die suddenly and violent deaths often get trapped on Earth and have unfinished business. It shook me up for days. The man had been starving and was eating grass. The number he dialed appeared as a contact on the 1972 accident report, it was his mom's That clinched it for me My hair stuck straight up! If you are rude to these poor souls I think bad things will happen to you.

[@kerrystevens3683]

Wow that actually made me shiver!!! I wish they could identify the poor soul and give him back his name and inform his family.x

[@robertandrews6555]

Wow😱

[@Gonzoidzz]

eddie burks, what an amazing man he was. I wish he was still around.

[@stewartbristow846]

Perhaps he is?

[@nervo6321]

Remember this on tv ...eerie as hell...

[@rlane63]

One night in the 1980's a friend came across a serious car accident. She stopped her car near the badly damaged car as an anxious man approached her. She asked what had happened and he formally informed her that he 'very much feared that it is fatal'. It was later established that this man, the car's only occupant, died on impact in the crash.

[@gillyjames9609]

Poor torturted soul of that young man who died in agony. God bless him - at rest and peace now. But why didn't anyone offer that bloke a brandy or a cup of tea even, after his emotional link with sending the troubled spirit into the light! x

[@chellie146]

Whoever uploaded this: thank you. This is my mum and she absolutely hates it 🤣🤣🤣

[@flightsimcentre9244]

Is it really? If so what does she say about it all now to her family.

[@stevencottam8201]

😀 I used to work with your mom in the tower at Linton. Lovely lady. Hope she's ok

[@chellie146]

@@stevencottam8201 yes she remembers you, she says hello!

[@chris7921]

Did you ask your Mum if what happened was true or not?

[@mspyewacketful]

Why DOES SHE HATE IT?she s so pretty

[@benters3509]

More likely to take this man seriously than some of the "phoney" mediums you see on modern psychic reality shows.

[@NewcastleJP]

Thank you so much for uploading this!!! i have been looking for this since 1989 when it was first shown - i now one of the aircaft at the start of this and was at Linton just this year gone! Neil

[@scuukum]

Hi I use to have an old video of Eddie Burke but lost it Thanks for uploading this

[@johnreed3638]

RAF Scampton also had a few ghostly events.

[@rpm12091]

I can confirm that. It is kind of creepy how the buildings are named for aircrew members killed in combat.

[@DaveWoods-ku5em]

It probably died in the building if his body was taken away then in all probability he stayed behind

[@philiptaylor8790]

I was working as a rigger at Linton at the time this was reported. 1st line servicing on the ramp where the accident occurred many years before. Night flying and aircraft ground movements, refuelling, oxygen cart, trolley accs, there but for the Grace of God....One of the hangars only had very limited lighting, our imaginations ran wild. We got the story from the girl prior to broadcast, no doubts from us and no doubts that he'd left.

[@anniemac4637]

Love watching these ghost stories on you tube...

[@Steeleperfect]

Thanks for uploading this. I like Eddie Burke.

[@airforce82]

*Group Captain Harkness, there is no rank of 'Captain' in the RAF ;)

[@gardensofthegods]

Eddie Burks seems to be such a genuine and humble man... I would love to have met him . I don't know why people upload things in the black frame which makes it look even smaller... many of us watch KZbin on our cell phones nowadays.... especially if we are out somewhere killing time for example waiting to pick up someone at the airport or the train station.... grateful for when people upload something interesting just don't understand the black frame .

[@guycroft318]

I'm a spiritualist, this is real.

[@ianmarshall2783]

I am a spirit, and i would not be seen dead in in this video.

[@ColinH1973]

@@ianmarshall2783 🤣🤣🤣

[@jaykaye7025]

I remember watching this back in the late 80s

[@alanbush4192]

To All those people who rubbish paranormal events you should always keep an open mind as one day you might experience one yourself and the failure of your psyche to recognise what it is seeing could cause you some mental and lasting phycological problems caused by the mental conflict as it realises it cant be seeing what its seeing as they don't exist do they? . I have and I think most people at some time in their lives will experience some kind paranormal event. Keep an open mind and don't be afraid it cant hurt you and accept what you are seeing and accept it for what it is and you will be ok. But keep those mental SHUTTERS down and you could be in trouble if it happens

[@jean-lucpicard5510]

Gullible you are.

[@jonathansteadman7935]

Ghosts don't care whether people believe or not.

[@robertandrews6555]

100%

[@grahamjordan1040]

If you are intrigued get the 8 books called ghost stations

[@anthonyeaton5153]

Written by Bruce Barrymore Hapenny. His books are full of ridiculous so called airfield ghost stories. I personally proved what he had written about one such ghost station complete and utter nonsense. True Ghost Stories is an oxymoron.

[@DoctorKandosii]

6 foot tall, broad shouldered and wearing a RAF officer's coat? Its John Barrowman.

[@nickwilliams1409]

One day back in the 80s I was talking to a group of bottle diggers at the old church at Church Norton near Selsey when we were aproached by a man with a dog who asked us if the airman had come thru the graveyard, did anyone see the airman? Aparantly he was walking his dog along the seashore at Pagham harbour and just happened to notice someone standing on the edge of the graveyard dressed in flying jacket helmet goggles parachute harness etc, he turned to look at his dog and when he looked back it had gone... Wonder if anyone else has seen this ghost. Also mentioned on the front page of the Chichester Observer was an incident involving a man walking his dog at Tangmere airfield early in the morning just as it was getting light . As he aproached the derilict control tower his dog became agrivated he noticed all the hair on its back standing up, when he went to investigate what the dog was growling at, he saw a man standing bolt upright wearing a blue uniform with a peaked cap with his head on one side as though he had a broken neck.

[@suzyqualcast6269]

Why were bottlers digging in a graveyard ¿?

[@stewartbristow846]

@@suzyqualcast6269 Looking for holy spirits?

[@izraelmirelez2168]

has it been seen again?

[@sacradotjoannes]

Given that many tragedies have happened in these places, it is no wonder that hauntings are happening! This item is from a BBC programe called GHOSTRAIN and along with the 2005 C5 programme Ghosts of the Underground they treat the subject with candid understanding and they both have VERY strong evidence that these etities exist!

[@BruceWilliamson-r1y]

I spent six months working in the Tower, day and night, during the. summer of 1975 and never saw a thing! Bruce Williamson

[@sinistercharger]

Maybe this is where Derek Acorah learned it from 😁

[@suzyqualcast6269]

The spirit was in angst because of logical concerns which I didn't see addressed here. Why should same have willingly 'moved on: ¿?

[@RexyH267]

This reminds me of the story called the Shepherd, whilst that was fictional? there are many strange happenings on this earth with no really rational explanation.

[@vinlab5937]

Is that the story of the mosquito pilot By Frederick Forsyth ? If so my favourite book 👍🏻

[@RexyH267]

@@vinlab5937 Yes that's the one.

[@alanions7166]

some people just cannot accept that such supernatural things exist, mainly because of their deeper fears that they are wrong. Did you read the script at the end ? if you had, then the evidence is there for you to see.

[@davidfarmer2049]

There is in built scepticism almost people that that stuff must be provable. Yet there is far far more happens that isnt provable that we simply don't understand. As you say this scares people , takes them out their comfort zone and coping strategies kick in....... "no don't believe in it" etc etc

[@anthonyeaton5153]

I will believe when there is irrevocable evidence.

[@mortalclown3812]

I do hope that the brave serviceman is at peace now. God bless his soul and so grateful for his heroism in the war.

[@Lee.Enfield-303]

You do realise asking for God to bless him is as futile as trying to hold back a landslide with your bare hands !

[@michaelstarwars66]

i was in a pub near biggin hill ,i was in my motorcycle leathers comming out of the gents at the same time a woman came out of the ladys. she got very scared and fell to the floor she thought i was a ghost of a pilot i felt very sorry for her and reasured her i was not a ghost .

[@davidfarmer2049]

M/C leathers = a ghost ? Huh? Hope she's feeling better now.

[@c8136132]

Of course you were .....

[@anthonymcdonnell5384]

burtonwood airbase has quite a few ghosts as well

[@Lee.Enfield-303]

Sadly gone to history now but I know of the stories and travelled those dark roads around the old base many a time and sat in one of the servicemen and women's old haunts many a time having a pint, "The fiddle in'th bag," also in danger of being lost to time or development. I find it hard to not get angry at how these historic places are treated with such disdain.

[@chrimorhen4585]

Very interesting iam a medium love to go their

[@c8136132]

Go to their what? 😊

[@Useaname]

Ask my brother where he hid his wallet.

[@alanions7166]

linclinc5 , what makes you such an expert ? are you a spiritual medium ? ...until you are, i strongly suggest you button up and keep your unfounded opinions to yourself.

[@garryharriman7349]

Yeah, like a 'spiritual medium' is a real profession!

[@jeffreyheeks]

Here we go again. Derek Acorah had to get his inspiration from somewhere. Good grief.

[@resnonverba137]

Fascinating.

[@johnregan326]

Brilliant scene this be for 👍.

[@alanbrooke-feather7567]

That's RAF not FAF!! Must be getting old! Alan.

[@lucyhedges6013]

is this cosford

[@timparker2985]

0:37 It's RAF Linton-on-Ouse near York.

[@michaelwittmann6588]

RF 398’s poltergeist has escaped to ravish the world

[@josephlambe2796]

Michael Wittmann The Lincoln ghost still resides at cos ford.

[@offgrid8445]

Utter cobblers.

[@charlie9870]

I think you mean Captain Jack Harkness.

[@dandylionriver]

I heard RAF ghosts were pretty hot. Lol. Jk. I'm a believer. 👻

[@royfr8136]

Shame all this is BS. The old guy should be ashamed of himself for his lies.

[@Buzzbox3rd]

Yawwwwn.

[@Lee.Enfield-303]

I hoped this was going to tell me an interesting story of a ghost. That hope died at 2:18 when the dramatics started. The fact that the female service person says she saw something is the only true aspect of this. Unless you're the gullible type, there's no need to watch beyond the 2:18 point.

[@COLEEN322]

first thumbs down get in! this weirdo has obviously looked into the history of the air base and worked with that. NEXT!

[@Oakleaf700]

Nope....no internet then, plus the queen's bank Coutt's had Eddie in to get rid [move on] a troublesome spirit. ..and it worked. I worked in the same street as Coutt's so it was of interest to me, naturally.

[@scud69er]

@linclinc5 That was exaclty what I was thinking. How can anyone take people like him seriously....

[@davidfarmer2049]

you know better huh?