Hi Sean, I arrived here because of the link someone posted on facebook and I am so glad I did. This was my old stomping ground in the 60's and 70's. I lived on Hartsholme, so Birchwood and Skellingthorpe were our playground. My brother taught me to drive his mini on the old airfield in the 60's. Incidentally, you mentioned about Lancaster school, we had the ground and property maintenance contract for that and Birchwood junior school. We were tasked with putting up gates at Lancaster to block off an open end to the playground. I only intended to cut a 24" sqaure 24" deep hole to hold the gate posts, but as soon as I hit the ground with the jackhammer, it fell in to expose a massive chasm which we had to fill in with rubble and concrete before fitting the post. You also said you had undertaken gardening work like myself, I am sure we have met at some stage in the past. Incidentally, you said there may be air raid shelters near buildings on Birchwood, if it is of any connection, Stones place residential care home just off Skellingthorpe road has a lot of wild land behind it and some old submerged buildings in that ground. I only know this as we had the ground contract there also.Great video, keep them coming.
Thank you John, I don't use facebook so the link is news to me. Thank you very much for sharing your memories here. Yes, I think I have found the submerged buildings that you mentioned and I have been told there are more relics of the base doted around the Birchwood Estate so I might do a follow up to the video once the weather gets warmer. Well, I have been working as a gardener in the Birchwood area for the best part of 20 years so its possible that we might have crossed paths at some point. All the best John and thanks again for your comment.
Just brilliant Sean, the amount of times I have driven through this area totally obvious to the history of my surroundings. Really informative, thank you.
Thank you Sean for another great video. My heart weeps for all affected by war. Gorgeous area to hold so much loss and pain. Again thank you for the video and the history lesson. Love from Arizona.
Thank you Kari, it was my pleasure. Yes, it was very poignant walking amongst the ruins of the old base. There are dozens of abandoned war time air fields in Lincolnshire ,I hope to explore some of them in future videos. Thanks again Kari. :-)
Great vid. Those were not air raid shelters they were storage boxes. I use to metal detect around there and found no end of spent rounds. There are also large blast walls in the bypass woods. There is also the remains of a dolly track in the woods about at those rings where bombs were wheeled along. By the blast wall use to be a large brick hut (I use to go there for a ciggie walking the dog). Sadly it was reduced to bricks. Ask the M. O. D. for a copy of the map. It is very informative with a huge key list. Costs about a tenner. Old Pond Close actually had a pond until the estate was built. Runway Park was only the side track of the main runway, which started not far from Damons restaurant and ended at the top of the hill area Nightingale Crescent opposite Redwing Close. Where the Army Cadet hut use to stand was the maintenance area, of course it's all houses now. The NAAFI stood where Harrier Court was built.
Brilliant video Sean, it's funny because I've recently started researching the WW2 bases around the county, I believe there are remnants of RAF Woodall in a plantation not far from the town, this video really got me gripped, they just keep getting better, oh I've heard tales of phantom airmen appearing in houses around the Birchwood estate before, great stuff, keep up the good work mate 👍👍👍✌️
Thank you Ronnie, glad you enjoyed it. I plan to explore the remains of RAF Woodhall Spa in a future video. They have faired much better than the buildings at Skellingthorpe, and there are a few spooky stories assosiated with the old base. Thanks again Ronnie and the best of luck with your research :-)
Brilliant as usual Sean ! Brought back happy memories of when I lived in skelly , and so much I didn’t know about the base and the bits that are still there !!! Well done mate 👍
Cheers Lyndon, very happy you enjoyed it. I have been working my way though your vids and I`m really looking forward to a new murder at bedtime soon. Thanks again :-)
Got to say I love the books that Bruce does, I've got quite a few now that I pick up in charity shops or car boots, they're worth every penny, thanks for the well presented video, very good work
Well done Sean, I haven't got around to Skelly yet...fascinating to watch your tour of the few remains of the airfield...you've given me some new accounts of ghostly goings on at this WW2 airfield, thank you - if you want paranormal accounts from airfields for future videos, drop me an Email and i'll see if i can help....Chris
Cheers Chris, thanks for the offer. I am planning a visit to RAF Wigsley near Lincoln later in the summer, if it ever stops raining that is. I know there are a few ghostly tales associated with the base. I will email you closer to the time thanks again. I have subscribed to your excellent channel. All the best. Sean
ED472 took off from Skellingthorpe on the night of 12th/13th June 1943, onboard was Flight Sergeant Reginald Goldstraw who was my Gt uncle, he and his six comrades died that night.
Another fascinating video Sean. I’m stunned that you don’t have more subscribers. We must remedy this, I’m going to share this on Facebook and recommend my friends do just that. Thank you for another great video. X 👍🏻
I really enjoyed this video Sean, thankyou for taking the time to make it. I lived in and around Lincoln for nearly 10 years as i was a member of the RAF based out of Digby. Curiously did you realise most RAF bases were named after the local and nearest railway station !
Thank you Anthoney, I am glad you enjoyed the video. I hope to visit more wartime air bases in future episodes. Oh, and thank you for the curious fact, I didn`t know that,
i live on the former RAF Skellingthorpe site, looking at a map overlay of the housing estate and i think that the main runway was where the meadow is now, runniing to skellingthorpe road in the area of the dam wall.
Watched it through my tv , I just came to like and say I remember a story I heard about when they built the first council houses in Birchwood the houses where thought to be haunted so they had to pay to get rid of the ghosts ? Don’t know how true it is 😁
That was amazing really Sean thank you again for all your hard work and effort to produce these amazing films I’m a Grimsby lad but live in Marshchapel now spent a lot of dark nights walking my dog on raf Waltham heard some strange things believe me,,my wife parents used to run a caffe at raf hemswell very interesting place but I’m very sure you have been ,,take care Sean really looking forward to the next one
Thank you very much for your kind words Lee. Well, I know a few ghost stories assosiated with RAF Hemswell so a visit is certainly on the cards. I will hopefully have a new video ready to post next month. Thanks again Lee, all the best. :-)
@@Seany63 My friend Sue, who passed away two years ago, was working on a novel about a Lincs Airbase haunting based on a real tragedy. I wish I could have asked her about it as I cannot remember the details. She was from west of Lincoln. This video really reminded me of her 😞
@@CodgerBiker So sorry about your friend, I remember you telling me she had passed away on one of our jolly boys outings. Pity you can`t remember the haunting, there are so many connected to old war time RAF stations. Long shot but the "Metheringham Lass" springs to mind. The stoy goes that during the war, a young woman was killed in a motorcycle accident at RAF Metheringham and her ghost still haunts a road running through the old airfield. Its probably not the same story, but if you remember I will try to include it in a future vid.👍
@@Seany63 I can’t remember the details. She was very ill at the time, but hoped to get it done. Alas it was not to be. She grew up west of Lincoln and it was a local legend. I wonder if it might have been the Skellingthorpe event? If I remember I’ll email you. Frood 👌
Excellent video!! Thank you for your hikes through woodland (hope you didn't get too lost) to bring this interesting,. moving and paranormal story. I was a little freaked out when you were next to the bomb loading ramp as before you said anything I saw a bomb roll off and explode! Then you said that's what happened near... We have an Anderson Shelter at the school where I work, I remember them too in my grandparents garden, shared by neighbours. A lovely video and very moving for this time of year. Month and year I was born June 1970. Sounds like the lady was in a time lapse or similar, interesting place. Hope you are well and look forward to your next video. XxX 😊
Thank you for your kind words Michelle. Yes, I got very lost traipsing through the woods and it took me a while to edit out all the swearing. If this video was on DVD then the lost swearing footage would be in the extras. Has the Anderson shelter at your school been there since the war? I remember having a very nice holiday in Wales in June 1970. I bought a penknife which I still have to this day. XXX :-)
@@Seany63 That's hilarious 🤣🤣. I bet! I would be swearing too 🤣. Was worth it though!! Yes I think it's part original but moved to the vegetable patch around the back of the school. Oh lovely memories of Wales then. Always our go to holiday place. Being from Stoke on Trent and Welsh ancestry. XxX 😊
@@michelledaviesburton1334 I also have Welsh ancestry yes, happy memories. However, I havent been to Wales for many years now. Thanks again Michelle , I hope you will join me on my next heavily edited swear word free adventure ?😅 XXX
@@Seany63 Oh wow! Well we come from a little place called Chirk. It has a Castle and a story of a severed hand! In fact my great great grandparents lived at 1 Hand Terrace. Anyway I will definitely watch your next video as always! Looking forward to it!! Oh dear🤣 was it that bad!? 🤣🤣. Take care! XXX 😊
My dad William Johnson was based there and he was a gunner in a Lancaster in 50 squadron in 1944. Mainly a rear gunner, but swapped to mid upper gunner once on his last trip, before being shot down in Normandy.
I belive it was from Skellingthorpe that 7 young men in a Lancaster, from 50 squadron, crashed in an area not far from where I live. It was in 30 th of August 1944 in Höjalen, Vittsjö in south Sweden. Now it is a war memorial place that you can visit.
@@Seany63 , that's correct. This summer I have Helsingborg on my "to do-list" 😊 I will also return to Vittsjö and try to investigate. Everytime I've been there , a uncomfartable feeling appears when approaching the crashsite in the woods. A mix of anger and sadness 😔
There was a thread on one of the Lincoln Facebook sites last year, which focused on a particular house on Doddington Park (I don’t remember the address, but was near Pershore Way) The current and many previous occupants came on to report lots of noises, apparitions of airmen spanning the last 30/40 years since the house was built.
My mother used to live in decoy farm which is just of the bypass birch wood side and says she can remember that plane crashing in 1949 and has actually got some artifacts from the crash my grandad collected. Very interesting video btw
@@Seany63 It’s interesting to find out the plane was a avro Lincoln we was always told it was a Lancaster. I’ve recently done a bit of research and found out the crews names and the events leading to the crash. Also I helped build the birch wood memorial when at college learning bricklaying 👍
@@markdriver4421 Yes, I also thought it was a Lancaster before researching this video. Its a pity there is nothing to mark the crash site. However, you did a fine job on the birch wood memorial mark.👍.
Brilliant work! Where did you find the info on the crash what happened on the Skellingthorpe moor, which is now the daisy maid fields I presume. Thanks
Hi, thank you very much👍🏻. I found the info in a book about aviation ghost stories. However, there is info about the crash on line. Not the daisy maid fields, the crash site is on the other side of the bypass near Skelingthorpe village.
The Avro Manchester was a flying coffin. There were more Manchesters lost through crashes than were shot down in combat. Perhaps being only twin engined it was underpowered for its payload. The four engined Lancaster was based on the Manchester and was a much more successful and reliable airplane and became the workhorse of Bomber Command. It's payload included the heaviest bombs dropped during WW2 including specialist bunker busters dropped on German underground factories as well as the famous mine aka the "bouncing bomb" used in the dams raid of May 16 1943. I read a story about a field near an old Lincolnshire airbase where the faint outlines of several airman have been seen walking out of a glowing light, before disappearing. A fully laden Manchester had crashed in that field shortly after take off on a bombing raid, exploding with no survivors.
I just love Lincoln, Lincolnshire and all it's history, your vlogs ultimately complement this, atmospheric and perfectly described.
Thank you very much Kevin. :-)
Hi Sean, I arrived here because of the link someone posted on facebook and I am so glad I did. This was my old stomping ground in the 60's and 70's. I lived on Hartsholme, so Birchwood and Skellingthorpe were our playground. My brother taught me to drive his mini on the old airfield in the 60's. Incidentally, you mentioned about Lancaster school, we had the ground and property maintenance contract for that and Birchwood junior school. We were tasked with putting up gates at Lancaster to block off an open end to the playground. I only intended to cut a 24" sqaure 24" deep hole to hold the gate posts, but as soon as I hit the ground with the jackhammer, it fell in to expose a massive chasm which we had to fill in with rubble and concrete before fitting the post. You also said you had undertaken gardening work like myself, I am sure we have met at some stage in the past. Incidentally, you said there may be air raid shelters near buildings on Birchwood, if it is of any connection, Stones place residential care home just off Skellingthorpe road has a lot of wild land behind it and some old submerged buildings in that ground. I only know this as we had the ground contract there also.Great video, keep them coming.
Thank you John, I don't use facebook so the link is news to me. Thank you very much for sharing your memories here. Yes, I think I have found the submerged buildings that you mentioned and I have been told there are more relics of the base doted around the Birchwood Estate so I might do a follow up to the video once the weather gets warmer. Well, I have been working as a gardener in the Birchwood area for the best part of 20 years so its possible that we might have crossed paths at some point. All the best John and thanks again for your comment.
Just love your videos Sean. great story telling and very informative 👏
Thank you ruth. :-)
This really is History on your own doorstep. Enjoyed this one very much Sean. Keep up the Glory and Rememberance of our Service Personel. Thank you.
Thank you, it was my pleasure. I enjoyed making this very much, I will be visiting more old airbases in future videos.
Just brilliant Sean, the amount of times I have driven through this area totally obvious to the history of my surroundings. Really informative, thank you.
It was my pleasure Oliver, thank you.
Thank you Sean for another great video. My heart weeps for all affected by war. Gorgeous area to hold so much loss and pain. Again thank you for the video and the history lesson. Love from Arizona.
Thank you Kari, it was my pleasure. Yes, it was very poignant walking amongst the ruins of the old base. There are dozens of abandoned war time air fields in Lincolnshire ,I hope to explore some of them in future videos.
Thanks again Kari. :-)
Great vid. Those were not air raid shelters they were storage boxes. I use to metal detect around there and found no end of spent rounds. There are also large blast walls in the bypass woods. There is also the remains of a dolly track in the woods about at those rings where bombs were wheeled along. By the blast wall use to be a large brick hut (I use to go there for a ciggie walking the dog). Sadly it was reduced to bricks. Ask the M. O. D. for a copy of the map. It is very informative with a huge key list. Costs about a tenner. Old Pond Close actually had a pond until the estate was built. Runway Park was only the side track of the main runway, which started not far from Damons restaurant and ended at the top of the hill area Nightingale Crescent opposite Redwing Close. Where the Army Cadet hut use to stand was the maintenance area, of course it's all houses now. The NAAFI stood where Harrier Court was built.
Thank you for the info, very informative. I was told that there are also the remains of an air raid shelter near houses somewhere in Birchwood.
Brilliant video Sean, it's funny because I've recently started researching the WW2 bases around the county, I believe there are remnants of RAF Woodall in a plantation not far from the town, this video really got me gripped, they just keep getting better, oh I've heard tales of phantom airmen appearing in houses around the Birchwood estate before, great stuff, keep up the good work mate 👍👍👍✌️
Thank you Ronnie, glad you enjoyed it. I plan to explore the remains of RAF Woodhall Spa in a future video. They have faired much better than the buildings at Skellingthorpe, and there are a few spooky stories assosiated with the old base. Thanks again Ronnie and the best of luck with your research :-)
Brilliant video, thank you Sean.
It was my pleasure, thank you. :-)
My old stomping ground as a kid in the 70's. Still loads of old buildings and even the wall to the rifle butts.
I would have loved to have seen it back then.
Love the video. I didn't know much about it but it was really good. So amazing to know more about Lincoln. All the best xxx
It was my pleasure vicky, I will be making more videos about Lincoln in the near future. Thank you xxx
Brilliant as usual Sean ! Brought back happy memories of when I lived in skelly , and so much I didn’t know about the base and the bits that are still there !!! Well done mate 👍
Cheers Lyndon, very happy you enjoyed it. I have been working my way though your vids and I`m really looking forward to a new murder at bedtime soon. Thanks again :-)
Another brilliant video Sean with a tinge of spookiness...Love it! Thanks for sharing
Thanks Dorothy, it was my pleasure. :-)
Got to say I love the books that Bruce does, I've got quite a few now that I pick up in charity shops or car boots, they're worth every penny, thanks for the well presented video, very good work
Thank you George, yes I also love the Ghost Stations series. I would like to make more videos based around his stories.
A great channel! Found via the Codger Biker. Great content and interesting historical stories! Thanks!
Thank you very much Phil, it's nice to see you here. I will have to thank the old codger.
Well done Sean, I haven't got around to Skelly yet...fascinating to watch your tour of the few remains of the airfield...you've given me some new accounts of ghostly goings on at this WW2 airfield, thank you - if you want paranormal accounts from airfields for future videos, drop me an Email and i'll see if i can help....Chris
Cheers Chris, thanks for the offer. I am planning a visit to RAF Wigsley near Lincoln later in the summer, if it ever stops raining that is. I know there are a few ghostly tales associated with the base. I will email you closer to the time thanks again. I have subscribed to your excellent channel. All the best. Sean
Just subbed to both you guys channels. Excellent stuff.
ED472 took off from Skellingthorpe on the night of 12th/13th June 1943, onboard was Flight Sergeant Reginald Goldstraw who was my Gt uncle, he and his six comrades died that night.
Another fascinating video Sean. I’m stunned that you don’t have more subscribers. We must remedy this, I’m going to share this on Facebook and recommend my friends do just that. Thank you for another great video. X 👍🏻
It was my pleasure Caroline. Thank you so much for your support X
Good video. Thnx. From across the pond.
Thank you so much, happy you enjoyed it👍👍.
I really enjoyed this video Sean, thankyou for taking the time to make it. I lived in and around Lincoln for nearly 10 years as i was a member of the RAF based out of Digby.
Curiously did you realise most RAF bases were named after the local and nearest railway station !
Thank you Anthoney, I am glad you enjoyed the video. I hope to visit more wartime air bases in future episodes. Oh, and thank you for the curious fact, I didn`t know that,
i live on the former RAF Skellingthorpe site, looking at a map overlay of the housing estate and i think that the main runway was where the meadow is now, runniing to skellingthorpe road in the area of the dam wall.
Cheers philip, since making this video I have been told that there are the remains of an air raid shelter near houses somewhere in Birchwood.
Watched it through my tv , I just came to like and say I remember a story I heard about when they built the first council houses in Birchwood the houses where thought to be haunted so they had to pay to get rid of the ghosts ? Don’t know how true it is 😁
Thank you Henry, that's really interesting. I wish I had known about it when making the video.. :-)
So entertaining and yet informative, keep going Sean 😊
I will do thank you. I am already editing the next one. :-)
That was amazing really Sean thank you again for all your hard work and effort to produce these amazing films I’m a Grimsby lad but live in Marshchapel now spent a lot of dark nights walking my dog on raf Waltham heard some strange things believe me,,my wife parents used to run a caffe at raf hemswell very interesting place but I’m very sure you have been ,,take care Sean really looking forward to the next one
Thank you very much for your kind words Lee. Well, I know a few ghost stories assosiated with RAF Hemswell so a visit is certainly on the cards. I will hopefully have a new video ready to post next month. Thanks again Lee, all the best. :-)
I did basic training in 1966 ,never heard of any haunting,look forward to your video.
Are you the one they call The Local Wildman? ‘I do have that privilege, yes?’ 😂👍 Love this!
Haha, yes, I thought that at the time. It's not petrol, that's what I`m saying😆
@@Seany63 My friend Sue, who passed away two years ago, was working on a novel about a Lincs Airbase haunting based on a real tragedy. I wish I could have asked her about it as I cannot remember the details. She was from west of Lincoln. This video really reminded me of her 😞
@@CodgerBiker So sorry about your friend, I remember you telling me she had passed away on one of our jolly boys outings. Pity you can`t remember the haunting, there are so many connected to old war time RAF stations. Long shot but the "Metheringham Lass" springs to mind. The stoy goes that during the war, a young woman was killed in a motorcycle accident at RAF Metheringham and her ghost still haunts a road running through the old airfield. Its probably not the same story, but if you remember I will try to include it in a future vid.👍
@@Seany63 I can’t remember the details. She was very ill at the time, but hoped to get it done. Alas it was not to be. She grew up west of Lincoln and it was a local legend. I wonder if it might have been the Skellingthorpe event? If I remember I’ll email you. Frood 👌
Excellent video!! Thank you for your hikes through woodland (hope you didn't get too lost) to bring this interesting,. moving and paranormal story. I was a little freaked out when you were next to the bomb loading ramp as before you said anything I saw a bomb roll off and explode! Then you said that's what happened near... We have an Anderson Shelter at the school where I work, I remember them too in my grandparents garden, shared by neighbours. A lovely video and very moving for this time of year. Month and year I was born June 1970. Sounds like the lady was in a time lapse or similar, interesting place. Hope you are well and look forward to your next video. XxX 😊
Thank you for your kind words Michelle. Yes, I got very lost traipsing through the woods and it took me a while to edit out all the swearing. If this video was on DVD then the lost swearing footage would be in the extras. Has the Anderson shelter at your school been there since the war? I remember having a very nice holiday in Wales in June 1970. I bought a penknife which I still have to this day. XXX :-)
@@Seany63 That's hilarious 🤣🤣. I bet! I would be swearing too 🤣. Was worth it though!!
Yes I think it's part original but moved to the vegetable patch around the back of the school.
Oh lovely memories of Wales then. Always our go to holiday place. Being from Stoke on Trent and Welsh ancestry. XxX 😊
@@michelledaviesburton1334 I also have Welsh ancestry yes, happy memories. However, I havent been to Wales for many years now. Thanks again Michelle , I hope you will join me on my next heavily edited swear word free adventure ?😅 XXX
@@Seany63 Oh wow! Well we come from a little place called Chirk. It has a Castle and a story of a severed hand! In fact my great great grandparents lived at 1 Hand Terrace. Anyway I will definitely watch your next video as always! Looking forward to it!! Oh dear🤣 was it that bad!? 🤣🤣. Take care! XXX 😊
Definitely a time lapse or time shift.
My dad William Johnson was based there and he was a gunner in a Lancaster in 50 squadron in 1944. Mainly a rear gunner, but swapped to mid upper gunner once on his last trip, before being shot down in Normandy.
Thank you William, I do hope that your dad survived?
It's almost like a recording replaying the tragic events
Yes, a classic case of the stone tape theory
Really good video thank you
Thank you Al.👍
I belive it was from Skellingthorpe that 7 young men in a Lancaster, from 50 squadron, crashed in an area not far from where I live.
It was in 30 th of August 1944 in Höjalen, Vittsjö in south Sweden. Now it is a war memorial place that you can visit.
Thank you for the information. Crew buried in Pålsjö Cemetery, Helsingborg:
@@Seany63 , that's correct. This summer I have Helsingborg on my "to do-list" 😊
I will also return to Vittsjö and try to investigate. Everytime I've been there , a uncomfartable feeling appears when approaching the crashsite in the woods. A mix of anger and sadness 😔
Excellent. Subbed
Thank you.
There was a thread on one of the Lincoln Facebook sites last year, which focused on a particular house on Doddington Park (I don’t remember the address, but was near Pershore Way) The current and many previous occupants came on to report lots of noises, apparitions of airmen spanning the last 30/40 years since the house was built.
Cheers Jonathan, very interesting. I rarely use Facebook book but can you remember the name of the site?
I think it was called “you’re probably from Lincoln If” Maybe worth posting on there as I’m sure some would come forward again
My mother used to live in decoy farm which is just of the bypass birch wood side and says she can remember that plane crashing in 1949 and has actually got some artifacts from the crash my grandad collected. Very interesting video btw
Thank you Mark and wow, I wish I had known that. It would have asked her to have been in the video.
@@Seany63 It’s interesting to find out the plane was a avro Lincoln we was always told it was a Lancaster. I’ve recently done a bit of research and found out the crews names and the events leading to the crash.
Also I helped build the birch wood memorial when at college learning bricklaying 👍
@@markdriver4421 Yes, I also thought it was a Lancaster before researching this video. Its a pity there is nothing to mark the crash site. However, you did a fine job on the birch wood memorial mark.👍.
Brilliant work!
Where did you find the info on the crash what happened on the Skellingthorpe moor, which is now the daisy maid fields I presume.
Thanks
Hi, thank you very much👍🏻. I found the info in a book about aviation ghost stories. However, there is info about the crash on line. Not the daisy maid fields, the crash site is on the other side of the bypass near Skelingthorpe village.
very informative my friend.i like the cut of your gibb
Thank you Christian, glad you enjoyed it. Happy New Year to you.
Thank you... very interesting❤❤❤❤❤
Thank you Russell. Happy New Year to you
Good vid,they,re all a bit like that.
Cheers.
Amazing video! I went onto Google maps and from the air you can see a huge black mark in the field. I wonder if this was the planes impact?
Thank you very much.👍 Sounds interesting, I will check it out.
Hello Sean I enjoyed this video and I hope you are ok xxxx
Glad you liked the video Chelsea, I am fine thank you. All the best xxxx :-)
The Avro Manchester was a flying coffin. There were more Manchesters lost through crashes than were shot down in combat. Perhaps being only twin engined it was underpowered for its payload. The four engined Lancaster was based on the Manchester and was a much more successful and reliable airplane and became the workhorse of Bomber Command. It's payload included the heaviest bombs dropped during WW2 including specialist bunker busters dropped on German underground factories as well as the famous mine aka the "bouncing bomb" used in the dams raid of May 16 1943.
I read a story about a field near an old Lincolnshire airbase where the faint outlines of several airman have been seen walking out of a glowing light, before disappearing. A fully laden Manchester had crashed in that field shortly after take off on a bombing raid, exploding with no survivors.
Cheers Andy, I wonder how many brave souls lost their lives in manchester`s without ever seeing
combat. Yes, the ghost story sounds familiar.
Wallop
Excellent video just found your channel brilliant video thank you
Thank you Luke