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Italian soldier killed in Iraq (2): he was an Italian Army helicopter air gunner in action on board

Nassiriya, Iraq - A bullet would have hit him under an armpit where his safety vest could not protect him, so the rescue proved useless

The Italian soldier killed in Iraq belonged to Army. He was an air-gunner operating on helicopters. The soldier would have been seriously wounded due to a bullet which would have hit him just under an armpit (just where his safety vest could not protect him) whereas he was on board an aircraft patrolling Euphrates. Various shots were aimed against the Italian chopper which went back anyway towards...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 112549
Rome, Italy, 01/21/2005 14:14
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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