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A man whose life has been haunted by an RAF Valiant jet bomber crash in Southwick, at the height of the Cold War, has written a book about his narrow escape.

The plane was built to carry nuclear weapons and John Young was close to the crash site 66 years ago, so his book throws further light on a tragedy which remained shrouded in mystery and rumour for many years.

On May 11, 1956, the bomber landed on the railway in the path of an oncoming train, narrowly missing the nearby Manor Hall Road Junior Boys School and the houses in Croft Avenue and Whiterock Place. Three of the crew were killed but miraculously, no local people were seriously injured.

Those Valiant Men: Eye witness accounts throw light on Southwick plane crash that was shrouded in mystery for many years