 The Lynx pilot was able to fly the helicopter back to Camp Dogwood |
A Lynx helicopter pilot has been seriously wounded in an attack in Iraq, the Ministry of Defence has confirmed. The Army Air Corps helicopter was hit by three rounds at an undisclosed location at 1120 local time.
He has been taken to a US military hospital in Baghdad and his family have been informed.
Meanwhile, a Black Watch soldier suffered non life-threatening injuries in a mortar attack on Camp Dogwood, 20 miles (32km) from Baghdad.
An MoD spokesman said: "The pilot was wounded, but his co-pilot was unharmed and able to fly the helicopter safely back to Camp Dogwood.
"A US helicopter transferred the man to their military hospital in Baghdad.
"Though we can't be certain of his precise condition, his family have been informed."
The MoD has also confirmed that a Black Watch soldier has non-life threatening injuries after a mortar round was fired into the troops' base in Iraq.
The attack on Camp Dogwood came two days after a fourth member of the 850-strong group was killed in a suicide bomb attack.
 | BLACK WATCH VICTIMS Sgt Stuart Gray, 31, married, mortar platoon Pte Paul Lowe, 19, single, 'pipes and drums' Pte Scott McArdle, 22, single, elite reconnaissance platoon Pte Pita Tukatukawaqa, 27, married |
The bodies of three of the soldiers, killed on Thursday, were due to be returned to the UK on Wednesday. Sgt Stuart Gray, 31, Pte Paul Lowe, 19, and Pte Scott McArdle, 22, died while manning a vehicle checkpoint east of the River Euphrates, near Falluja.
A suicide bomber drove his vehicle at the soldiers, detonating a device, before the troops came under "sustained mortar fire".
An Iraqi interpreter was also killed instantly with the three.
On Monday, Pte Pita Tukatukawaqa, 27, died when his Warrior armoured vehicle was hit near Camp Dogwood.
The 850-strong force has been attacked repeatedly since it set up the camp after a request from the US.
The latest fatal attack brings to 74 the number of UK military personnel killed in Iraq, although only 32 have actually been as a result of enemy attacks.
On Sunday, two soldiers from the bomb disposal unit suffered severe leg injuries when a suicide bomber in a car rammed their vehicle.
They were treated in a US field hospital before being flown to a military hospital in Germany.
The Black Watch battle group comprises three companies of armoured infantry from the 1st Battalion The Black Watch, with some 500 men and 50 Warrior armoured fighting vehicles.
The regiment, which traditionally recruits from Perthshire, Angus and Fife, is based in Warminster, Wiltshire.
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