It was the last time that aircraft flew, and the last Lincoln flight of all was probably RF461 which flew from 27 Maintenance Unit at RAF Shawbury to Aldergrove in Northern Ireland in June 1963, and was subsequently sold for scrap. Sorry, we are not accepting comments on this article. to tankers for inflight refuelling and transporters. In 1984, the phantom pilot was even spotted by a cameraman working on An Avro Lincoln B2, RF398 forms part of the 'War Planes' collection at RAF Cosford where it arrived for 'storage' in the late summer of 1968. The second engineer was busy at work in the cockpit area of the aircraft at the time and there was no possibility of anyone else having been in the hanger at Avro 694 Lincoln II RF398 on display at the RAF Museum, Cosford. at the museum experienced 'something strange' in the vicinity of RF398. Could it be the ghost of Master Pilot Hiller who loved the aircraft saying on his last flight that he would "haunt his baby". Many people have taken a great interest in the ghost; spiritualists claim the phantom sings to them, others that he is a Naturally, to this day she will not enter the hangar alone. Over the next 4 year Spenceley visited Cosford and FR398 some twenty times amking a number of recordings of muffled voices, The RAF's last Lincolns – they were a development of the legendary Lancaster bomber – were retired in 1963 and Rob's picture was clearly taken on April 30 that year when RF398 flew on what turned out to be the penultimate RAF Lincoln flight, from Watton to RAF Henlow in Bedfordshire, to be put in store. In later years it hit the headlines as it was supposedly haunted. Thinking it was one of the museum staff calling her she looked first toward the Lincoln and then toward the aircraft. Avro Lincoln B.2 (RF398) [@ RAF Cosford] Designed by Roy Chadwick to be the Lancaster'sreplacement, the prototype flew for the first time on 9thJune 1944, and deliveries to the RAF began in the spring of 1945. RF398. The Lincoln is now at Cosford. Lives in Telford and is based at the Ketley headquarters. On this occasion a tape machine was left recording inside the For weeks they monitored the aircraft by recording every sound, videoing inside the cockpit and measuring temperature changes. In 1980 as the hanger was being locked for the night the member of staff saw someone move in the shadows close to the old aircraft, switching the hanger lights back on he searched high and low A small number were also used by the Argentine Air Force. The proposed Avro Lincoln Mk B.III ended up becoming the Avro Shackleton and the Royal Australian Air Force would use a Lincoln with its nose extended by 6ft 6in to enable two radar operators and the required equipment to be housed and this would become the Mk 31. mysterious goings on around the Lincoln during which they managed to record some of the spooky sounds that had been heard in the hangar. We can actually date the photo precisely from the accession details at the RAF Museum at Cosford, where this Lincoln is on display. Avro Lincoln B2 - RF398 by Graham Wood Photo Collection on YouPic Photo listed in Vehicle Shot taken with DMC-FZ45. invisible force had prevented his fall from being fatal". droning engines, tappings and rappings. Three prototypes and 162 production Lincoln bombers were built by Avro in Manchester with a further 6 at Yeadon, 80 at Metropolitan-Vickers and 229 at Armstrong Whitworth in Coventry (18 of these being for export to Argentina). reels removed and the tape spread about the cockpit like spaghetti! A journalist in Shropshire for 40 years, mainly writes features and columns, especially about aspects of Shropshire history. One of them claims to have seen a figure approaching the bomber, who then mysteriously "I don't really need the photo as Lincolns are not my interest, so I am wondering if there is a Lincoln enthusiast who would like to have the photo, at no charge. Rob said: "When my friend Mike Garbett, who wrote 'Lancaster At War,' died he left me a number of items, one of which is an A3-size high quality black-and-white photo of an Avro Lincoln, RF398, taken at an unknown date as the aircraft was leaving Watton for preservation at Henlow. In 1991 the plane was the subject of an inconclusive investigation by psychology lecturers Dr Dave Young and Dr Steve Ray from Wolverhampton Polytechnic, who were hoping to find the truth behind the ghostly stories surrounding the plane. arrive in the morning. Avro Lincoln B.2. Lincoln whilst the investigators departed from the hanger ensuring nobody remained behind. By: Frazer Nash - 12th November 2008 at 02:43 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00 Peter Underwood carried out an all-night vigil with a group of observers concerned with paranormal activity, and made a number of observations, not the least of which was a figure walking towards the aircraft wearing a flying jacket and parachute harness. Air Ministry Specification B.14/43, it was the last piston-engined bomber in RAF Sign up for free now at https://www.jimdo.com. JetPhotos.com is the biggest database of aviation photographs with over 4 million screened photos online! and the Malayan Emergency, before being phased out of service with the Royal Air Force. The following day the same two men found aircraft parts underneath the Lincoln which had not been there the night before, they were the last to leave the building and the first to the time. Avro Lincoln B.2 coded 'K' of 151 Squadron RAF Signals Command previously based at RAF Watton. programme 'Wish You Were Here'! More recently doubts have been cast upon the recordings and investigation RF398, which had first flown in September 1945 and never saw combat, was later moved to RAF Abingdon, and came to RAF Cosford in the late summer of 1968, and is now part of the collection of the RAF Museum at Cosford. The Haunting of RF398 No one is sure why the Avro Lincoln bomber, serial number RF398, should be haunted. More recently the secretary to the museum society was busy Three prototypes and 162 production Lincoln bombers were built by Avro in Manchester with a further 6 at Yeadon, 80 at Metropolitan-Vickers and 229 at Armstrong Whitworth in Coventry (18 of these being for export to Argentina). 1 shares, 8 likes and 1354 views. the 30th April 1963 Flt Lt John Langley flew RF398 on the penultimate RAF Lincoln Flight from RAF Watton to RAF Henlow for storage for the RAF Museum. following a large number of modification did not reach a flying unit (Bomber Command Bombing School) until 1952, nearly two years after the withdrawal of Avro Lincoln's from frontline service. As he tumbled downwards he remembers thinking "this is it" Hiller ", Anybody interested can email Rob at rob.davis@blueyonder.co.uk. Researcher Ivan Spenceley, along with members of the Chesterfield Paranormal Research Group, investigated the haunting in 1987. because he had already injured his spine in a similar fall from another aeroplane. Engines running, Avro Lincoln bomber RF398 prepares for its last ever flight and the beginning of a journey which would eventually bring it to Shropshire as a museum piece. 1980 reported seeing a fair haired man in a white polo neck sweater and forage cap seated in the cockpit of the plane. made by Ivan Spenceley, veteran researcher and founder of the Chesterfield Paranormal Research Bureau, Michael Hicklin stated that Spenceley's claims "were entirely fraudulent.". RF398 first flew on 11th September 1945, but, The Avro Type 694, better known as the Avro Lincoln, is a British four-engined heavy bomber, which first flew on 9 June 1944. The Avro Lincoln was Roy Chadwick's development of the Lancaster, built to the Air Ministry Specification B.14/43, having stronger, longer span, higher aspect ratio (10.30 compared with 8.02) wings with two-stage supercharged Rolls-Royce Merlin 85 engines, and a … And if you like it, it could just be winging its way to you, because Rob is looking to give it a suitable home. But instead of hitting the concrete floor with expected force he floated to a stop "as if", he said, "some

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