ITV News - Dramatic rescue pictures released: "The first images of a daring rescue mission in which four Royal Marines strapped themselves to the wings of helicopter gunships in a bid to rescue a colleague have been published.
The four commandos flew into a fierce gunfight in southern Afghanistan on Monday clinging to the stabiliser wings of two Apache helicopters in a bid to recover the body of 30-year-old Lance Corporal Matthew Ford.
L/Cpl Ford, of 45 Commando Royal Marines, had been killed instantly by Taliban fire as he participated in a 200-soldier assault on a fort in Helmand province.
When the marines fell back to regroup they realised the section commander was missing and hatched the dramatic rescue bid.
Military photographers captured a series of images in which the four soldiers strapped themselves to the small side 'wings' of two Apaches - which have no room for passengers - while a third provided covering fire.
The marines found and retrieved the body of L/Cpl Ford..."
Video here.
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