The Ghost Plane of Wetwang

For years, the mystery of the ghost bomber has been part of the folklore of the district. On starless nights, sightings of the fuzzy image of a World War II Halifax aeroplane would frequently be reported in the skies above the remote East Yorkshire village of Wetwang. With no other explanation to hand, locals speculated that the area might be haunted by some tragic pilot who perished in an act of wartime heroism. The legend of the ghost bomber spread, until an aviation buff in the neighbouring village of Fridaythorpe admitted: ‘Er, sorry – but it’s probably all my fault.’ Richard Triner’s hobby is sketching. His favourite subjects are old airplanes and occasionally, to give inspiration, he projects a picture of an old bomber on to the night sky. The 52-year-old former RAF personnel officer began his night-time projections when he moved to the area seven years ago. It was at that time that the first sightings of a mystery four engined wartime bomber in RAF colours were reported. He carried on, unaware of the stir he was creating five miles away in Wetwang. ‘All the local newspapers carried stories but for some reason I didn’t see them,’ a sheepish […]

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