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Good job to Flight Lt. Goodman! This is true bravery under fire!

http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/DefenceNews/HistoryAn...eiveRafTopHonour.htm

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Merlin pilot is first woman to receive RAF top honour
7 Mar 08

Merlin helicopter pilot Flight Lieutenant Michelle Goodman has become the first woman to be awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC).

Flight Lieutenant Goodman was awarded the DFC today, Friday 7 March 2008, for an act of courage during her deployment to Iraq in June 2007, when as Aircraft Captain of an Incident Reaction Team (IRT) Merlin Helicopter she flew into an extremely dangerous area of Basra City to rescue a casualty...


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