Bodies of US air crew removed from helicopter crash site
The bodies of a US air crew, of three men and one woman, killed when a helicopter came down on marshland in Norfolk have been removed from the crash site, police said.
Aircrash victims were pilots and special mission aviators
An HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter carries a four-person aircrew - a pilot, co-pilot, and two special mission aviators who are qualified as both gunners and flight engineers, RAF Lakenheath said in a statement.
On the mission in Norfolk last night, Capt. Stover and Capt. Ruane were the pilots, and Tech. Sgt. Mathews and SSgt. Ponce were the special mission aviators.
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