Paranormal record / 1918
Scampton Aerodrome, near Lincoln. Saturday, 7 December 1918. Lt. J. J. Larkin was writing letters in the room he shared with his friend, 2nd Lt. David McConnel. Footsteps came up the passage. The door clattered open, the way it always did. McConnel stood in the doorway in full flying clothes and his naval cap, smiling. "Hello boy!" They spoke for a moment. Then he closed the door noisily and went out. That evening, Larkin heard the news. McConnel had crashed in fog near Tadcaster. His watch had stopped at 3:25 pm. Larkin had placed the visit between a quarter and half-past three.
David Ewan McConnel was born in Brisbane, Queensland, on 15 April 1900. He was head boy and football captain at Bedales School in Hampshire. In March 1918, before he turned 18, he joined the air service and chose "Fighting Scouts". By December he was sharing a room at Scampton Aerodrome, near Lincoln, with Lt. J. J. Larkin.