The bodies of five British military personnel killed when their helicopter crashed in Iraq are due to be brought home today, with a ceremony at RAF Brize Norton.
Among the five dead is 32-year-old Flight Lieutenant Sarah-Jayne Mulvihill, the first British woman to be killed in the line of duty in Iraq.
Wing Commander John Coxen, 46, Captain David Dobson, 27, Lieutenant Commander Darren Chapman, 40, and Marine Paul Collins, 21, also died.
The five were killed when an apparent rocket strike brought down their Lynx helicopter earlier this month near Basra.
Flt Lt Mulvihill and Wing Cdr Coxen, the most senior British officer to die in Iraq, were based at RAF Benson in south Oxfordshire.
The three others were based at Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton, in Somerset.
According to the Ministry of Defence, the plane is expected to land at 11am, with the ceremony starting at noon.
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