Royal Air Force Chinook Pilots Honoured for their Bravery
Two RAF Chinook pilots, Flight Lieutenants Mike Anderson and Alex Duncan, have been decorated for their bravery in two separate sorties carried out in Helmand Province, Afghanistan during September 2011. After insurgents had deliberately wounded children aged between four and nine years of age Flt Lt Mike Anderson flew his Chinook helicopter into an area, where a ferocious gun battle was ...
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