Army

Lynx Crash Servicemen Repatriated

The bodies of five British servicemen killed in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan have been repatriated to the UK.

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.

 

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