Haunted Air Force Museum - Dayton, OH 

My grandfather, Calvin August Schaefer, was a waist gunner on the Strawberry Bitch. The waist gunner opposite side was shot and killed right in front of him. And he delivered the news of either that death or the belly gunner to his family personally. I don't know too much about his war stories and combat, but I REALLY want to see this plane in person.

Very interesting ghost stories. Thanks for sharing. My father was a B-24 instructor pilot stationed at Maxwell Field in Montgomery, Alabama. Apparently, when the ball turret gunner was killed, the Strawberry Bitch was flown to Maxwell Field, where the ball turret was replaced. My father and a couple of his students ferried Strawberry Bitch back to Benghasi, Libya in North Africa so it could be reunited with its assigned crew and continue its combat career. The round opening in the belly shown in the video is where the ball turret is located. It can be raised or lowered from the fuselage. As for the Black Maria, I knew the pilot of that helicopter. He and I use to volunteer at the museum. He had some interesting stories. He flew a lot of black ops in that bird for the CIA. He later went from flying the Black Maria to flying the SR-71 Blackbird.

The ball turret statistically speaking is the safest position on the aircraft. The nose, tail gunner, pilots , waist and radio operator were more vulnerable to attack than the ball turret gunner.

There was a B24 in the 15th AF, named Three Feathers, she flew through the war going through 3 crews and 165 missions. The last crew was anxious to fly her back to the states but the Army said she was not airworthy and chopped her up - there were no KIA during any of those missions. When the crew was told she was not going home , they were told they had been reassigned to fly a D model back they couldn't believe it - the plane was Strawberry Bitch still with her desert pink camo . The first crew of Three Feathers lost three engines enroute to Africa and made an emergency landing on St Lucia a Coast Guard station in the Caribbean. On board was a squadron commander for the 451st BG, my father. So by a few degrees of connection I am related to Strawberry Bitch and those ghost on her are from three crews that flew Three Feathers. She was angry that she was shredded and sacrificed for Strawberry Bitch. The Lady Be Good that crashed in Africa was also haunted, all parts salvaged from the wreck were put in other aircraft that also crashed.

I went here for the first time when I was about 9 and had no clue of anything paranormal. I remember seeing someone waving at me from inside the cockpit of an aircraft. Although the figure appeared just like the other pilot mannequins, this one literally waved and had such a jovial smile/expression on his face it was beyond eerie. I never told a single soul about this until now and even as a child I was not afraid so much as curious. Maybe a bit creepy, but in a good way. Although I haven't had anymore experiences, I've been Natura attracted and drawn in by this place.

I imagine with all the history, there HAS to be a few ghosts walking around in there! I remember reading that some of the ball turrets in earlier models could only be accessed through the outside and the operator couldn't open it to bail in an emergency. Plus, your only protection from bullets and flak is a 1 inch piece of acrylic. 😮 Yeah, there's definitely ghosts there!!! 👻

A little interesting fact, b-24 bombers were able to raise the the ball turret unlike the b-17s

Haunted aircraft and a ghost walk, hmmmmmmmmmmmm..... 👻 Really enjoyed the vid!!!!

Just visited today with my family. Great to see a video on The National Museum of the US Air Force. I mentioned to my husband a few of the planes there are said to be haunted as I read it somewhere, some time ago. I heard of the B-24D Liberator having activity reported, but wasn’t sure which others. Great video explaining the backstories. I enjoyed this video and you have a new Sub :)

After the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum neglected the Enola Gay to the point it had to be dismantled for display the USAF will never give an important/historical aircraft to them again. Brocks Car is almost flyable and with the proper group of people could be made flyable. If you want to see military aircraft go to Dayton Ohio Wright Patterson AFB and it's free.

Very informative and so interesting!

That was it you found it... The ball turret on a B-24 was retractable. A B-17s was not.

Go to the annex. President plane dummy pilot thrown out of aircraft every night.

I felt suddenly disoriented and nauseous the second time I visited, didn't happen when I came the first time as a kid

ive been there about 4 times and got pictures with my son when he was about 4 in front of the B24 and never heard anything

If the boxcar is haunted maybe it did fly 🤪😂

I live in ohio and I went there