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Sole American Military eyewitnesses ‘not available’ for Hercules inquest.

Earlier, Mr Masters criticised the RAF for lax record-keeping and shredding important documents.

He also levelled criticism at the US military for not authorising interviews with American eyewitnesses.
Aside from an Iraqi, US servicemen were the only eyewitnesses to the incident on 30 January 2005, but they were not available for interview.
“The stance taken by the US is difficult to comprehend,” said the coroner.
“I just wonder, what if the boot had been on the other foot - if a US aircraft had come down with the loss of 10 lives and the only eye witnesses had been British forces?”

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