Ghost of a German Pilot

New Addington is reportedly haunted by the ghost a German pilot shot down during the Second World War. He bailed out of his aeroplane during an air battle, but was badly injured. Some locals wanted to kill him, others disagreed and looked after him until the wardens arrived. He later died in hospital. The story is that a man dropped his wallet and went back to look for it in Queen Elizabeth’s Drive. It was handed to him by a man with a foreign accent, wearing a flying jacket. The man then disappeared. The witness recognized the pilot from a photograph his wife found. A group of workmen at the old airport site saw a ghostly biker when they were building the Roundshaw Estate. One version has the biker wearing the uniform of a Battle of Britain airman. The airport is also haunted by the ghost of a Dutch pilot who took off and crashed shortly afterwards. The ghost of the Dutch pilot is said to have saved the life of a British pilot whom he warned of the fog. The British pilot was found in shock and the flight had to be cancelled. The fog soon descended, as predicted. The Roundshaw Estate is also said to be haunted by the ghosts of three nuns who were burned to death in a plane crash with nine others in January 1947. They walk the streets of the estate, which was built on the site of the old runway. The aircraft had got caught up in a snowstorm and burst into flames on impact. It is said that one of the nuns had a vague premonition.