GWT: Bodies of 11 servicemen killed in Gulf repatriated скачать в хорошем качестве

GWT: Bodies of 11 servicemen killed in Gulf repatriated

(8 Apr 2003) SHOTLIST 1. Various of C17 coming in to land at RAF Brize Norton 2. Soldiers marching up to plane 3. Various of coffins being carried out of plane 3. Officers saluting 4. Coffin being put into hearse 5. Various of coffins being carried out of plane STORYLINE The bodies of 11 British troops who died in the Iraq conflict were flown back to Britain on Tuesday. Pallbearers carried the coffins, which were draped with a Union flag, one by one off a jet at the Royal Air Force's Brize Norton base in central England. Families of the dead and Armed Forces Minister Adam Ingram attended the ceremony. Among those brought back were five of the six British troops killed when two British navy Sea King helicopters collided over the northern Gulf. The dead also included three killed in combat, one in a suspected friendly fire incident, and another in a traffic accident. The last body was of a serviceman who reportedly died of natural causes. Since the start of the Iraq war, 31 British servicemen have died. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...