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TAJI, Iraq - An Army helicopter gunship pilot is being recommended for a bravery medal for the rescue of a pair of wounded American fliers whose helicopter crashed in hostile territory south of Baghdad this month. Capt. Ryan Welch, 29, who co-pilots an AH-64 Apache helicopter with the 1st Cavalry Division's 4th Brigade, led a risky night mission that saw him strap himself and a wounded flier to the exterior of the two-seat gunship that flew them to safety, said 4th Brigade commander Col. Jim McConville. Two Army pilots were killed in the Oct. 16 crash, which happened when two...

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They are reporting it fell somewhere inside the US lines It has a 2 man crew.

Memorial service set for Apache pilots By Jeremy Kirk, Stars and Stripes Pacific edition, Monday, August 26, 2002 CAMP PAGE, South Korea — The bodies of two pilots who crashed in their Apache helicopter were taken to Yongsan Garrison on Saturday, an Army official said. An official from Japan will come to South Korea to perform the autopsies, said Lt. Col. Steven Boylan, 8th Army public affairs officer. Typically, officials from the Armed Forces Medical Examiner’s Office perform autopsies on U.S. Forces Korea personnel. U.S. military officials recovered the bodies of 1st Lt. Dustin Shannon, 23, of Vassar, Mich.; and...