Air Mechanic Freddy Jackson, RAF Cranwell.

Sources: 

http://www.theparanormalguide.com/blog/air-mechanic-appears-in-photo-after-death?fbclid=IwY2xjawRdfghleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFmYXlxWllVVXlVSWp5TEpwc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHsIdyZ1o8lqCmW8txhzcTDQvDXamOks8yh1qKsaFouUW9bp21QujNQ629g6g_aem_RgTq__ygujlzFqxQ4pAkNw

 

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In 1975, former RAF Officer Air Marshal Sir (Robert) Victor Goddard KCB CBE posted a ohotograph from 1919 of the air and ground crew and support staff of his former squadron. Goddard was born in Wembley in 1897. He was commissioned into and served in the Royal Navy and in 1915 joined the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS). At this time he met his lifelong friend Sir Barnes Wallis. On the formation of the RAF in 1918 he transfered into the RAF, in which he served until retiring in 1951.

 

The famous 'ghostly' photograph was taken in RAF Cranwell's Air Transport Yard shortly after the end of World War I, a few days before the squadron was disbanded and its personnel dispersed. It was unremarkable in many ways, except one. Everyone was present, except for air mechanic Freddy Jackson, who had died a few days earlier in a tragic accident on the airfield when he walked into the rotating propeller. of an aircraft. 

However, on examination, the photo has captured the image of a young man, who, unlike the others, was not wearing any headress. This man was universally recognised as the dead mechanic Freddy Jackson, whose funeral service had taken place the very morning that the photograph was taken. Almost hiding behind the rear rank, Freddy's half obscured image is behind the left shoulder of the 4th man from the left in the rear rank. 

 

Bobby Capels was a young woman at the time and remembers the day well. Bobby worked on the squadron and was involved inthe  delivery of dispatches.
 
Everyone had spent a long number of years together working the air transport yards, and seeing as it was the end of the war and everyone was soon to be departing, the photo was very much called for. Everyone had lined up in front of the sheds and the photo was taken in either 1918 or 1919, (she could not fully remember). However she remembers the shock everyone felt when they received their copies.

In the back row, behind one of the pilots, was an extra half obscured face. Although she did not know Freddy very well she could easily recognise his face, as could many of the other personnel. How could they not as he was only killed a few days earlier and his memorial service/funeral had been the very morning the photograph was taken!

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