Military
Helicopter Rescue Under Fire
RAF Helicopter Pilot Flight Lieutenant Michelle Goodman and the rest of her Merlin crew were used to flying into dangerous places.
They were part of an Incident Response Team (IRT) which picked up seriously injured soldiers and took them to hospital for treatment.
But one night in Basra proved to be like no other when the crew flew to the rescue of a young soldier with very serious injuries sustained in a mortar attack.
Lieutenant Goodman, the first woman ever to receive the Distinguished Flying Cross, flew into the city at night and under fire from rocket-propelled grenades and mortars.
She and other members of the Merlin Crew speak about the decisions they made and the risks they took to save a life.
