In 1957 Ray Downs was called up for his National Service and after training at West Kirby was posted to RAF Hornchurch in April.

He was an admin orderly; referred to as a Jack-of-all-trades, and after a few weeks he became a voluntary member of the crash crew attached to the Fire Station.

Ray Downs soon became aware that Hornchurch was haunted, and he heard many stories, as you will find out in a moment. The first incident was a story told by the RAF Military Police dog handlers, about an area of grass by the main hangar.

Their dogs would not, or only with great reluctance, cross this piece of grass which was approximately thirty yards square. This small piece of grass - surrounded by thousands of square yards of airfield had like an invisible Force Field around it.

It was said that on this very spot, an NCO fitter was killed during the last war, when he walked into the propeller of a Hurricane Fighter that was undergoing an engine test.

During the Second World War RAF Hornchurch had been in the front line and during the Battle of Britain the airfield had suffered at least 20 separate bombing attacks.

The airfield goes back to the early days of the First World War and throughout both World Wars it was a very active airfield, housing many Fighter Squadrons which ... The rest of this story along with other interesting, chilling and thought provoking true stories can be found in the book Ghost Stations™ 1

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