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Two die as UK helicopters crash
« on: April 15, 2007, 09:19:48 PM »
Two British helicopters have crashed in Iraq, killing two military personnel and seriously injuring another.

The Ministry of Defence said both of the Puma helicopters were from RAF Benson in Oxfordshire.

Defence Secretary Des Browne said one of those killed was from the RAF and the other from the Army. Four other personnel were injured, one seriously.

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Aldergrove RAF man Iraq casualty
« Reply #1 on: April 18, 2007, 09:34:43 PM »
One of the two military personnel killed when two helicopters crashed in Iraq at the weekend was based in Northern Ireland, it has emerged.

Sergeant Mark McLaren was from 230 Squadron RAF, based at Aldergrove, in County Antrim.

Sgt McLaren and a soldier died when two Puma helicopters crashed near Taji, north of Baghdad.

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