Description: This intriguing photo, taken in 1919, was first published in 1975 by
Sir Victor Goddard, a retired R.A.F. officer. The photo is a group
portrait of Goddards squadron, which had served in World War I at
the HMS Daedalus training facility. An extra ghostly face appears in
the photo. In back of the airman positioned on the top row, fourth
from the left, can clearly be seen the face of another man. It is
said to be the face of Freddy Jackson, an air mechanic who had been
accidentally killed by an airplane propeller two days earlier. His
funeral had taken place on the day this photograph was snapped.
Members of the squadron easily recognized the face as Jacksons. It
has been suggested that Jackson, unaware of his death, decided to
show up for the group photo. Interesting side note In 1935, Sir
Victor Goddard, now a Wing Commander, had another brush with the
unexplained. While on a flight from Edinburgh, Scotland to his home
base in Andover, England, he encountered a strange storm that seemed
to transport him through time into the future. You can read more
about his experience in the article Time Travelers under the section
Flight Into the Future.
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