I spoke to ghosts of our RAF heroes

AIR CHIEF'S NOTE ON WAR SPIRITS

- JOSEPH DRAPER

THE RAF chief who masterminded victory in the Battle of Britain believed he could communicate with the ghosts of fallen pilots.

Air Chief Marshal Hugh Dowding wrote to a parliamentarian claiming he had “conversations” with dead airmen. He also described one message addressed personally to him from one of "The Few" who had been killed in action in 1940.