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Member of the British Aviation
Preservation Council
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| WINGS MUSEUM |
| REGISTERED CHARITY |
| NO. 1117879 |
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| Ghosts at
Redhill Aerodrome - everyone has their
own beliefs on the subject, but the
following is an account of several strange,
but true, events which are as yet un-explained. |
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With kettles mysteriously
turning themselves on, strange earthly knocking
sounds witnessed by many and the strong
sense of history that one feels when spending
any time around the old aerodrome, one does
begin to wonder. |
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On one particular evening
one of the volunteers was working late in
a back room with the main door firmly
locked a strange series of events seemed
to unfold. With an old drafty hanger one
is to expect doors creaking and the odd
bang or knock, but on this occasion the
volunteer was alerted to the sound of the
door to the main museum area open and then
close again. The volunteer walked calmly
over to the door expecting to see another
museum volunteer that had perhaps let themselves
in, but there was nothing there. This may
not seem that strange but what was about
to happen left this particular volunteer
speechless! As the volunteer approached
the door he could hear what sounded like movement in
the corridor and just as he approached the
door to another area, the door suddenly
closed with a firm, almost deliberate action.
The volunteer, still expecting to
see someone familiar, opened the door again,
hearing what seemed like movement but when
he turned the corner it was clear that no
one was there! A shiver immediately went
up the spine of the volunteer, who was left
calling out thinking that they were the
subject of a prank but alas no one answered
and the front door was still firmly locked! |
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Hanger 9 - 1934 (the
first hanger to be erected at Redhill)
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On another occasion,
while working late, one volunteer whilst
working on a computer heard foot steps
along the corridor which led up to the office
he was working in and stopped outside the
office door. The volunteer got up and went
to investigate and again there was no-one
there! Once again the front door was firmly
locked and no other people were in the building.
Now, what was strange was that this happened
a further two times, each time no-one was
the there! The volunteer decided to call
it a day and go home! There is no central heating in the hanger which might have been on explanation. |
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Of course these events
could be completely normal but so far there
is no explanation as to the source of these
strange noises. |
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| Research so far indicates
that many pilots failed to return from operations
while flying out of RAF Redhill. The morgue,
which is now used as a store, is known to
have been used on several occasions. Also,
when one considers the various exhibits on
display in the museum, many of which undoubtedly
have their own untold stories, and not forgetting
the history associated to RAF Redhill, which
is often overlooked and the names forgotten,
compared to RAF Kenley and RAF Biggin Hill
which are well recorded and documented. Redhill
has got a rich history to be proud of and
if such a thing as ghosts really do exist,
then Redhill has to be a prime candidate for
the paranormal. |
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| One early evening one of
the founders was drying his hands in the gents
loo when a tap suddenly turned itself on for
no apparent reason! He walked over to the
tap and turned it off, could this be just
a case of old plumbing or was it something
more? you decide. |
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| Update 2009: |
| The museum has now moved out of Redhill Aerodrome but have the ghosts followed us! well it is too early to say but so far a dog has been witnessed to freeze looking at the cockpit of the C-47 Dakota appearing to see something and barking loudly at the old aircraft. Many things have gone missing only to turn up somewhere else but I have to say on this occasion this is more likely our volunteers! god bless them! |
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