Freddy Jackson's Ghost
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 Goddard's
squadron, which had served in World War I aboard the HMS Daedalus. (Click
the photo at left to see the entire photograph.) 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
Jackson's. It has been suggested that Jackson, unaware of his death, decided to
show up for the group photo.
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