VIDEO: BRITISH HELICOPTER CRASH TROOPS REPATRIATED

Five British servicemen killed in a helicopter crash in southern Afghanistan have been repatriated to the UK in a poignant ceremony.Hundreds of people gathered in the sunshine at Carterton, Oxon, to pay their respects to the fallen personnel as they returned to British soil.Captain Thomas Clarke, Warrant Officer Spencer Faulkner and Corporal James Walters, all of the Army Air Corps (AAC), were serving as the Lynx aircraft’s three-man team when they died.They lost their lives together with Flight Lieutenant Rakesh Chauhan of the Royal Air Force and Lance Corporal Oliver Thomas of the Intelligence Corps, who were believed to have been passengers on the flight.The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has denied claims by the Taliban that insurgents shot the helicopter down, with initial investigations indicating a “tragic accident” rather than enemy action as the cause of the crash on April 26.
BRITISH HELICOPTER CRASH TROOPS REPATRIATEDBRITISH HELICOPTER CRASH TROOPS REPATRIATED
BRITISH HELICOPTER CRASH TROOPS REPATRIATED
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