Edward Weaver contacted the Ross Gazette after reading a letter in a recent edition asking if any readers remembered a plane crash near Drybrook in the 1950s.

Edward remembers that his older brother, John, took him, on the cross bar of his bike, to see the plane. Edward thinks it was an Aerospeed Oxford and it had a glass cockpit. He also remembers another incident when a Hurricane landed in a field near to Ross Golf Club in 1942.

Mr Weaver said that the pilot was a young Canadian who had got lost and had no idea where Ross was. His radio had failed and he was running low on fuel so had no choice but to land.

The plane stayed where it was for a couple of days, with a policeman guarding it but it was eventually refuelled and went on its way.

Several other readers have also contacted the Gazette about the incident at Drybrook. One gentleman thought it might have happened a little earlier than originally suggested. He said he thought it was an Avros Ansen twin engine aeroplane which had got into difficulty before hitting the cables of an overhead pylon, which then wrapped around the propellor. He said that a few hours later police and military police officers were at the scene, he thought they were there to stop people stealing things from the plane.

Another caller said that the plane somehow managed to land almost on the power cables before it came down on the ground.

Mr Morris, who called in to the office to speak to the Ross Gazette, said that he was visiting his grandparents who lived on a nearby farm when he saw the plane. He said it was one of three planes and they were on a training exercise. He said the plane was removed very quickly and it was kept very quiet.

However, he thought that a photograph was taken at the time which may have appeared in the Ross Gazette – this will spur the team to another search through the archives.