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POIGNANT TRIBUTE PAID TO CHOPPER CRASH DUO
• Flt Lt Alan Scott
• Flt Lt Geraint Roberts
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FRIENDS, family, military personnel and members of the public gathered for the repatriation of two RAF Benson servicemen who died in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan. Flight Lieutenant Alan ‘Scotty’ Scott, 32, and Flt Lt Geraint ‘Roly’ Roberts, 44, were among five people killed when their helicopter crashed while landing in Kabul on October 11. During a repatriation ceremony
By Alex Ballinger at RAF Brize Norton on Tuesday, members of their families placed roses on the roof of hearses shortly after 5pm before the cortege left for the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, where post-mortems were due to be carried out. Close friends attending the ceremony paid tribute to Flt Lt Roberts, who was married with two children, and Flt Lt Scott, who
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had a partner, while other servicemen lined the road by Carterton Memorial Garden and Royal British Legion members lowered their standards as the hearses passed. Wing Commander Simon Ling, who met Flt Lt Roberts after joining the military in the 1980s and is also godfather to his son, said: “He was the epitome of the Royal Air Force. He had the RAF coursing through his veins. He died • Continues on page 3
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