This RAF base is now closed except maybe the runways and the housing is now private I believe. Was sold off. But it has ghosts for my guide. First the history: RAF Binbrook opened in early 1940, base to 142 Bomber Sqn, with 12 Sqn from Finningley in early July 1940. The station closed for 1942 to allow the construction of concrete runways. 12 Sqn moved to Wickenby and converted to Lancasters. 12 Sqn returned on 24 Sep 1945. On 14 May 1943 Binbrook reopened as the home for 460 Sqn RAAF. 460 Sqn was to suffer higher casualties than any other unit of the Australian Army, Navy or Air Force in World War Two. After WWII Binbrook hosted the Canberra, the RAF's first jet bomber and later transfered to Figher Command in 1960, hosting sqns flying the Gloucester Javelin and the the English Electric Lightning. Immediately after closing in 1988 the movie 'Memphis Belle' was fimed at Binbrook. Then the airfield became a relief landing ground for RAF Scampton. We all queued to to be extras in the movie and the Sally B who played the Belle (Flying Fortress) is my favourite plane. The ghosts: An Australian worker on the base, who blew himself up trying to sabotage a Lancaster bomber during World War Two , and he was seen for years after his death walking around on the perimeter road. A ghostly NCO also made a comeback at the former base. Sergeant Sinclair was in charge of loading bombs onto the aircraft here during the Second World War; a mistake caused a bomber to explode on take off, killing Sinclair while he was trying to flag the aircraft down to alert them to the error. For a short while his ghost was seen on the runway, arms waving wildly in the air. One of the blocks was apparently haunted by the ghost of a pilot who had either killed himself or been killed in an accident The apparition appeared to be cut off mid-shin until someone found out that the floor level had been raised by about 6 inches some years earlier. read more

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