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THE RAF Hercules transport aircraft which crashed in Iraq on January 30, killing all 10 crew and passengers, was shot down by insurgents using a simple, shoulder-fired surfaceto-air missile, RAF sources said last night.
The Ministry of Defence confirmed yesterday that "hostile ground fire" had downed the propeller-driven C-130 six minutes after it took off from Baghdad.See the full content of this document
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Hercules Was Downed by Surface-to-Air Missile
It is also likely that the insurgents scored a lucky strike on a target of oppor...
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