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'''Sarah-Jayne Mulvihill''' (10 June 1973 - 6 May 2006) was a [[Flight Lieutenant]] in the [[Royal Air Force]] who died in [[Iraq]], becoming the first [[United Kingdom|British]] servicewoman to be [[killed in action]] in 22 years.<ref>[http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/tm_objectid=17050614&method=full&siteid=66633&headline=woman-of-courage--name_page.html woman of courage - dailyrecord.co.uk]</ref>
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'''Sarah-Jayne Mulvihill''' (née Poole; 10 June 1973 – 6 May 2006) was a [[flight lieutenant]] in the [[Royal Air Force]] (RAF) who died in [[Iraq]], becoming the first British servicewoman to be [[killed in action]] for more than 20 years.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Moncur |first=James |url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/tm_objectid=17050614&method=full&siteid=66633&headline=woman-of-courage--name_page.html |title=Woman of courage |date=9 May 2006 |newspaper=[[Daily Record (Scotland)|Daily Record]]|location=Glasgow |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070312065332/http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/tm_objectid%3D17050614%26method%3Dfull%26siteid%3D66633%26headline%3Dwoman-of-courage--name_page.html |archive-date=12 March 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref>


Born '''Sarah-Jayne Poole''' in [[Canterbury]], [[Kent]], she joined the RAF as an [[Airman|airwoman]] in May 1997. Sarah-Jayne Mulvihill was selected for officer training in October 2001. She graduated from the [[RAF College Cranwell]] in April 2002 and was commissioned into the Air Traffic Control Branch. She changed branch in 2003 and after completing Flight Operations Officer Training she was posted to [[RAF Northolt]]. In May 2005 she was posted to [[RAF Benson]], [[Oxfordshire]] as the Flight Operations Officer on [[No. 28 Squadron RAF|28 (Army Cooperation) Squadron]] from where she was detached to Iraq.
Born Sarah-Jayne Poole in [[Canterbury]], [[Kent]], she joined the RAF as an [[Airman|airwoman]] in May 1997. Sarah-Jayne Mulvihill was selected for officer training in October 2001. She graduated from the [[RAF College Cranwell]] in April 2002 and was commissioned into the Air Traffic Control Branch. She changed branch in 2003 and after completing Flight Operations Officer Training she was posted to [[RAF Northolt]].


Married to another serving member of the RAF, Lee Mulvihill, she was on her second deployment to Iraq. She died with four other members of a flight crew when their [[Westland Lynx|Lynx]] helicopter was shot down over [[Basra]] in southern Iraq.
In May 2005 she was posted to [[RAF Benson]], [[Oxfordshire]] as the Flight Operations Officer with [[No. 28 Squadron RAF|No. 28 (Army Cooperation) Squadron]], from where she was detached to Iraq. Married to another serving member of the RAF, Lee Mulvihill, she was on her second deployment to Iraq. She died with four other members of a flight crew when their [[Westland Lynx|Lynx]] helicopter was shot down over [[Basra]] in southern Iraq.


She was 32 years old at the time of her death, and is survived by her parents, her brother and her husband.
She was 32 years old at the time of her death, and is survived by her parents, her brother and her husband.


== References ==
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==External links==
==External links==
* {{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/may/08/iraq.uk |date=8 May 2006 |title=Servicewoman among helicopter crew killed in Basra |newspaper=The Guardian}}
* [http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,,1770264,00.html] Guardian Unlimited news story.
* {{cite web |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/fatalities/five-personnel-in-basra-helicopter-crash-named |title=Five personnel in Basra helicopter crash named |date=6 May 2006 |website=Ministry of Defence}}
* [http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/DefenceNews/MilitaryOperations/FivePersonnelInBasraHelicopterCrashNamed.htm] Ministry of Defence news story giving further biographical details


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Latest revision as of 08:08, 29 August 2024

Sarah-Jayne Mulvihill
Birth nameSarah-Jayne Poole
Born(1973-06-10)10 June 1973
Canterbury, England
Died6 May 2006(2006-05-06) (aged 32)
Basra, Iraq
AllegianceVereinigtes Königreich
Service/branchRoyal Air Force
Years of service1997–2006
RankFlight Lieutenant
Battles/warsIraq War †

Sarah-Jayne Mulvihill (née Poole; 10 June 1973 – 6 May 2006) was a flight lieutenant in the Royal Air Force (RAF) who died in Iraq, becoming the first British servicewoman to be killed in action for more than 20 years.[1]

Born Sarah-Jayne Poole in Canterbury, Kent, she joined the RAF as an airwoman in May 1997. Sarah-Jayne Mulvihill was selected for officer training in October 2001. She graduated from the RAF College Cranwell in April 2002 and was commissioned into the Air Traffic Control Branch. She changed branch in 2003 and after completing Flight Operations Officer Training she was posted to RAF Northolt.

In May 2005 she was posted to RAF Benson, Oxfordshire as the Flight Operations Officer with No. 28 (Army Cooperation) Squadron, from where she was detached to Iraq. Married to another serving member of the RAF, Lee Mulvihill, she was on her second deployment to Iraq. She died with four other members of a flight crew when their Lynx helicopter was shot down over Basra in southern Iraq.

She was 32 years old at the time of her death, and is survived by her parents, her brother and her husband.

References

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  1. ^ Moncur, James (9 May 2006). "Woman of courage". Daily Record. Glasgow. Archived from the original on 12 March 2007.
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