Royal Air Force Nimrod crash in Afghanistan

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Nimrod crash in Afghanistan
Summary
Date  September 2, 2006
Type  On board fire following re-fuel
Site  Chalaghor in the Panjwaye District of Kandahar, Afghanistan
Fatalities  14
Aircraft
 Aircraft type  Nimrod MR2
Operator  RAF
Tail number  XV230
Crew  14
Survivors  0

The Royal Air Force Nimrod crash in Afghanistan occurred on September 2, 2006 , killing 14 military personnel in Britain's worst single loss since the Falklands war.

Twelve RAF personnel, a Royal Marine and a British Army soldier aboard the Nimrod MR2, XV230 were killed.

The 12 RAF crew were all from No. 120 Squadron RAF, based at RAF Kinloss in Scotland:

  • Flight Lieutenant Allan James Squires
  • Flight Lieutenant Steven Johnson
  • Flight Lieutenant Leigh Anthony Mitchelmore
  • Flight Lieutenant Gareth Rodney Nicholas
  • Flight Lieutenant Steven Swarbrick
  • Flight Sergeant Gary Wayne Andrews
  • Flight Sergeant Stephen Beattie
  • Flight Sergeant Gerard Martin Bell
  • Flight Sergeant Adrian Davies
  • Sergeant Benjamin James Knight
  • Sergeant John Joseph Langton
  • Sergeant Gary Paul Quilliam.


The soldier and marine on board were serving with the newly formed Special Reconnaissance Regiment.

The plane came down in vineyards between two villages called Chil Khor and Fatehullah Qala in the Panjwaye District. [1]

It crashed about 25 miles WNW of the city of Kandahar. Witnesses included local men Abdul Manan and Haji Eisamuddin. [2]

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  1. ^ http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2087-2340566,00.html
  2. ^ http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2006410086,00.html


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