The Royal Navy has named the serviceman killed in a night-flying training exercise in the English Channel as Lt Rhodri Leyshon.
The Royal Navy has named the serviceman killed in a night-flying training exercise in the English Channel on 4 September as Lt Rhodri Leyshon.
A Merlin Mk4 helicopter Lt Leyshon was in ditched - a deliberate emergency landing on water - with three servicemen on board on Wednesday near Dorset, the Navy said."We are all so very proud of the talented, passionate, strong and loyal man he was. We will always have him in our hearts. Our wonderful boy," the family said.The two other serviceman on board the helicopter at the time of the incident were not seriously injured.
For the past 18 months, Lt Leyshon had served in 846 Naval Air Squadron. The Navy said he was one of the Commando Helicopter Force’s “most trusted and highly capable aircraft captains and instructors, having honed his skills undertaking some of Defence’s most specialist aviation tasks".
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