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Is RAF East Kirkby one of the most haunted WW2 airfields in Britain?
From eerie footsteps in the old control tower to the ghosts of Bomber Command who never came home, the Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre, some believe so.
SOURCES
📚 Lancaster At War: 5, by Mike Garbett and Brian Goulding
📚 Shadows In The Sky: The Haunted Airways Of Britain, by Neil Arnold
📚 Ghosthunter, by Eddie Burks and Gillian Cribbs
📚 Ghost Stations (multiple in the series), by Bruce Barrymore Halpenny
💻 telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/world-war-2/8863954/Guy-Gibson-ghost-of-Dambusters-dog-found-at-airbase.html
💻 hauntedhistoryoflincolnshire.blogs.lincoln.ac.uk
💻 fightercontrol.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5234
💻 wartimememories.co.uk/airfields/eastkirkby.html
💻 bbc.co.uk/lincolnshire/asop/people/pw_fred_020605.shtml#text
💻 bcar.org.uk/east-kirkby-history
💻 lincsaviation.co.uk
💻 https://www.key.aero/article/amazing-story-lancaster-just-janes-flight-australia-uk
💻 raffeaea.com/home/stories/po-christopher-witton-panton
💻 https://www.key.aero/article/aeroplane-meets-andrew-panton
💻 strullendorf.de/HKV/cms/core/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=112:der-flugzeugabsturz-vom-31-maerz-1944-auf-dem-plateau-der-friesener-warte&catid=40:publikationen&Itemid=57
💻 repository.lincoln.ac.uk/articles/event/Where_they_fell_The_164_Lancasters_lost_from_East_Kirkby/25160105?file=44442545
📺 Most Haunted Season 3 Episode 1, first aired 2003
📺 The Watchtower: Guardian of the Bomber Legend, first aired 1986
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I don’t claim ownership of all the extracts, including images, videos and audio, featured in this video. I will include material according to the Creative Commons CC0 licensing, or according to fair usage on the basis that I’m reporting, educating, or providing commentary or critique.
My whole aim for this channel is to educate and entertain you lovely people, using accurate factual information and personal experiences to the best of my knowledge. I spend hours and hours on the research for each one of my videos, using sources that I like to think are trustworthy. But let’s face it, no one’s perfect, and when you’re dealing with anything in history, especially the paranormal, mistakes will happen. If you’re interested, I’d highly recommend you do your own research, and if I have made a mistake, please tell me about it!
Is RAF East Kirkby one of the most haunted WW2 airfields in Britain?
From eerie footsteps in the old control tower to the ghosts of Bomber Command who never came home, the Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre, some believe so.
SOURCES
📚 Lancaster At War: 5, by Mike Garbett and Brian Goulding
📚 Shadows In The Sky: The Haunted Airways Of Britain, by Neil Arnold
📚 Ghosthunter, by Eddie Burks and Gillian Cribbs
📚 Ghost Stations (multiple in the series), by Bruce Barrymore Halpenny
💻 telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/world-war-2/8863954/Guy-Gibson-ghost-of-Dambusters-dog-found-at-airbase.html
💻 hauntedhistoryoflincolnshire.blogs.lincoln.ac.uk
💻 fightercontrol.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5234
💻 wartimememories.co.uk/airfields/eastkirkby.html
💻 bbc.co.uk/lincolnshire/asop/people/pw_fred_020605.shtml#text
💻 bcar.org.uk/east-kirkby-history
💻 lincsaviation.co.uk
💻 https://www.key.aero/article/amazing-story-lancaster-just-janes-flight-australia-uk
💻 raffeaea.com/home/stories/po-christopher-witton-panton
💻 https://www.key.aero/article/aeroplane-meets-andrew-panton
💻 strullendorf.de/HKV/cms/core/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=112:der-flugzeugabsturz-vom-31-maerz-1944-auf-dem-plateau-der-friesener-warte&catid=40:publikationen&Itemid=57
💻 repository.lincoln.ac.uk/articles/event/Where_they_fell_The_164_Lancasters_lost_from_East_Kirkby/25160105?file=44442545
📺 Most Haunted Season 3 Episode 1, first aired 2003
📺 The Watchtower: Guardian of the Bomber Legend, first aired 1986
COME SAY HI!
Instagram - instagram.com/dontscareclaire
THE LEGAL STUFF
I don’t claim ownership of all the extracts, including images, videos and audio, featured in this video. I will include material according to the Creative Commons CC0 licensing, or according to fair usage on the basis that I’m reporting, educating, or providing commentary or critique.
My whole aim for this channel is to educate and entertain you lovely people, using accurate factual information and personal experiences to the best of my knowledge. I spend hours and hours on the research for each one of my videos, using sources that I like to think are trustworthy. But let’s face it, no one’s perfect, and when you’re dealing with anything in history, especially the paranormal, mistakes will happen. If you’re interested, I’d highly recommend you do your own research, and if I have made a mistake, please tell me about it!
