AN AVIATION enthusiast is appealing for help in finding information on an accident which happened 59 years ago.

Mark Gaskell, from Wigan, is hoping readers will be able to tell him about a Curtis Mohawk aircraft which crash-landed at Morley Hall Farm in Astley on January 9, 1942.

He is also keen to complete research on other aviation-related accidents and can be contacted by emailing him at mark.gaskell@ntlworld.com or by writing to 6 Blackledge Close, Farriers Park, Orrell, Wigan, Lancashire WN5 8TB UK, or on 07930 979275.