CORPORAL Sean Carrington gave a fascinating little insight into the end of his service in Iraq.
The sound of the undercarriage ‘locking up’ for take off beneath his Merlin helicopter, confirmed he and his colleagues were going home to the joyous celebrations we saw at RAF Benson yesterday.
Tough challenges for our personnel await in Afghanistan and we only hope that all of them get to hear that sound once again.
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