Things that go bump in the night
There is an excellent series of books available that were done on the back of the "Action Stations" series. When the authors were doing their research they came across numerous ghost stories so decided to do a series of books called "Ghost Stations". I had the set and lent them to a 'mate' once, haven't seen them since, so they seem to have been subject a rather spooky disappearance!!!
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Originally Posted by zedder
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The Ghost of the Lincoln B2
Jacko,
The ghost of the RAF Cosford museum's Avro Lincoln B2 RF398 is nothing more than an elaborate hoax.
The whole story was told on London Weekend Television's 'Strange But True Encounters' with Michael Aspel.
Basically around 1977/78, there was a new museum (Manchester Air & Space Museum) opening which wanted an Avro aircraft, as Avro were based around the Manchester area), and the then Curator of the RAF Museum at Hendon, Dr John Tanner, decided that the Lincoln from Cosford should be relocated. As a member of the team that was 'looking after' the Lincoln, and knowing what an attraction she was, it was felt that one of the handfull of Shackleton aircraft (both AEW2 and MR3) at Cosford would be a better 'gift' leaving RF398 at Cosford.
Most of the 'ghostly' goings on at Cosford are easily explained, and the stories that you quote are pure fabrication. I can remember spending many moments hiding in the engine bay of the TSR 2, waiting for the hangar to be opened and the lights turned on, just to give the museum secretary the heebie jeebies.
Ivan Spencely, the great ghost writer was not amused, as he found that all his reported goings on were faked. But why did LWT offer me the princely sum of £40 to 'confirm' the goings on?. Maybe it was because the star item of their show was now reduced to the last 10 minutes.
The reason the team came clean after some 17 years of maintaining the hoax, was that it got out of hand. The senior member of the 'Lincoln Crew' had many letters from people who had lost loved ones in aircraft crashes, who wondered if the 'Phantom Whistler' or other sightings could have been their relative, JS believed that he could not give these people this false sense.
The aim of the hoax was succesful, as RF398 is still at Cosford, but as a member of the 'Lincoln Crew' I hereby lay the ghost of RF398 to rest.
"RF398 - The Spirit Lives On"
The ghost of the RAF Cosford museum's Avro Lincoln B2 RF398 is nothing more than an elaborate hoax.
The whole story was told on London Weekend Television's 'Strange But True Encounters' with Michael Aspel.
Basically around 1977/78, there was a new museum (Manchester Air & Space Museum) opening which wanted an Avro aircraft, as Avro were based around the Manchester area), and the then Curator of the RAF Museum at Hendon, Dr John Tanner, decided that the Lincoln from Cosford should be relocated. As a member of the team that was 'looking after' the Lincoln, and knowing what an attraction she was, it was felt that one of the handfull of Shackleton aircraft (both AEW2 and MR3) at Cosford would be a better 'gift' leaving RF398 at Cosford.
Most of the 'ghostly' goings on at Cosford are easily explained, and the stories that you quote are pure fabrication. I can remember spending many moments hiding in the engine bay of the TSR 2, waiting for the hangar to be opened and the lights turned on, just to give the museum secretary the heebie jeebies.
Ivan Spencely, the great ghost writer was not amused, as he found that all his reported goings on were faked. But why did LWT offer me the princely sum of £40 to 'confirm' the goings on?. Maybe it was because the star item of their show was now reduced to the last 10 minutes.
The reason the team came clean after some 17 years of maintaining the hoax, was that it got out of hand. The senior member of the 'Lincoln Crew' had many letters from people who had lost loved ones in aircraft crashes, who wondered if the 'Phantom Whistler' or other sightings could have been their relative, JS believed that he could not give these people this false sense.
The aim of the hoax was succesful, as RF398 is still at Cosford, but as a member of the 'Lincoln Crew' I hereby lay the ghost of RF398 to rest.
"RF398 - The Spirit Lives On"
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well I am the wife of El Mirador and non military...just a wife and some years back I worked at the Saddleclub of R.A.F Northolt. The Saddleclub is actually on the station. Anyway I was there from dawn until very late at night every night doing various horsey things.
I remember the horses would be a monumental pain and spook pretty violently past the green gates when I would lead them back to their fields along the A40 side. They would gallop away from a certain area around that field and huddle in the corner. I put this down to shelter availability and other animal instinct type things etc. Anyway I was about to turn them out one night wind whistling and howling (very atmospheric) but when you're knackered and cold and wet and female ghosts are the LAST thing you give a hoot (great pun intended!) about. I was fighting the neddies and I saw a rather strange figure walking across said paddock. I told the police as thought somebody had cut through external fence. Now there is nowhere to go except the way I had come unless there was a hole in said fence. I turned out ponies still watching figure that moved slightly (looked oddly dressed but too dark and far for me to see properly) turned to shut gate...gone. Police found no sign, no hole no footprints (all total mud along that fence from horses galloping along there away from gate. I told hubby who was told the old stables where haunted by some airmen...Now think it all fairly good fun so would love to know if anybody else had experienced anything here. A pretty strong non beliver here but up for anything!Horses sure hated that gate though!
I remember the horses would be a monumental pain and spook pretty violently past the green gates when I would lead them back to their fields along the A40 side. They would gallop away from a certain area around that field and huddle in the corner. I put this down to shelter availability and other animal instinct type things etc. Anyway I was about to turn them out one night wind whistling and howling (very atmospheric) but when you're knackered and cold and wet and female ghosts are the LAST thing you give a hoot (great pun intended!) about. I was fighting the neddies and I saw a rather strange figure walking across said paddock. I told the police as thought somebody had cut through external fence. Now there is nowhere to go except the way I had come unless there was a hole in said fence. I turned out ponies still watching figure that moved slightly (looked oddly dressed but too dark and far for me to see properly) turned to shut gate...gone. Police found no sign, no hole no footprints (all total mud along that fence from horses galloping along there away from gate. I told hubby who was told the old stables where haunted by some airmen...Now think it all fairly good fun so would love to know if anybody else had experienced anything here. A pretty strong non beliver here but up for anything!Horses sure hated that gate though!
