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Originally Posted by TheDaddy
Helicopters aren't normally meant for combat, his jobs would have been casualty evacuation and the like, besides I would say missile decoy is a pretty dangerous job
I believe that the family insisted he served as well, against the advice of the MOD
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That will upset all the combatant killed and tanks destroyed by Apache helicopters, then.....
Andrew was in the thick of the action in the Falklands, just like the rest of the Navy and Army (and the occasional Vulcan - the plane, not Mr Spock
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BBC
"Famously, he flew as a so-called Exocet decoy to protect warships from missile attack. Throughout the war he flew on various combat missions, helped in casualty evacuation, transport, and search and air rescue."
Action, if you are going to disparage people, including royals, it might be worth getting your facts right first.........