Civilian contract aircrew fatalities in Afghanistan

The following is an estimate of civilian contract air crew fatalities in Afghanistan since 2004.

12 October 2010: a L-100 Hercules aircraft contracted from TransAfrik crashed in a mountain crevice near Kabul on a flight from Bagram killing 6 Filipino, 1 Indian and 1 Kenyan crew. Click here for details.

23 November 2009: A Mi-8 helicopter under contract from Air Freight Aviation (UAE) to NATO forces crashed in eastern Logar province.Three Ukrainian crew members were killed in the crash. 

19 July 2009: A Mi-8 helicopter under contract from Vertikal-T (Russia) to NATO forces crashed at Kandahar air base, killing 16 passengers and crew on board.

14 July 2009: A Mi-26 helicopter was shot down in Afghanistan, killing the six Ukrainian crew members. The aircraft belonged to Pectox-Air (Moldova).

3 December 2006: A Mi-26 helicopter under contract from Vertikal-T (Russia) to US security firm  Dyncorp, crashed in Afghanistan, killing eight Russian crew.

27 July 2006: A chartered Mi-8 helicopter with 16 passengers and crew crashed en route from Khost to Kabul, killing all on board including two Dutch ISAF soldiers.

24 April 2006: An An-26 leased by the US State Department and carrying US DEA agents crashed on landing at Bost airport in Lashkar Gah, killing the two Ukrainian pilots.

11 November 2005: A Georgian registered IL-76 operated by Pakistan's Royal Airlines carrying food for coalition troops crashed near Khak-e-Shahidan village, about 30 kilometres northwest of Kabul, killing all 8 crew members (5 Russians, 2 Ukrainians and 1 Pakistani).

27 November 2004: A US Registered CASA 212 contracted by the US Department of Defense to supply American forces deployed in remote areas of Afghanistan crashed into a mountain between Bagram and Farah. Six crew members were killed.

22 February 2004: a AB-212 helicopter crashed after coming under fire 65 kilometres south-west of Kandahar city. Pilot Mark Burdorf was killed.

British PMC, Mark Fitzpatrick

British private military contractor, Mark Fitzpatrick, aged 34, was killed on 20th November 2010 by an explosion while he was disposing of ammunition in Parwan province.

He had been working for DynCorp International, an American company, clearing mines and other explosive devices left over from previous wars.

Netherlands Military Fatalities in Afghanistan

NETHERLANDS

Dutch military personnel killed in Afghanistan since 2002

Date	Name	Rank	Age	Unit	Cause
2010
16-Nov	Dur, AHM (Fons)	Doctor	56	Not reported yet	Illness
22-May	Janzen, Luc	Corporal 1st	25	42 Armoured Infantry	IED attack
17-Apr	Houweling, Jeroen	Corporal	29	1st Marine Corps	Hostile fire
17-Apr	Harders, Marc	Marine	23	1st Marine Corps	Hostile fire
2009
07-Sep	Leijsen, Mark	Sergeant Mjr	44	101 Engineer Battalion	IED attack
06-Sep	van de Rijdt, Kevin	Corporal	26	Commander Corps	Hostile fire
05-Apr	Chadli, Azdin	PFC	20	42 Armoured Infantry	RPG attack
2008
19-Dec	Weijdt, Mark	Sergeant	24	12 Airmobile Infantry	IED attack
07-Sep	ten Brinke, Jos	Private 1st	21	41 Armoured Infantry	IED attack
18-Apr	Schouwink, Mark	PFC	22	45 Armoured Infantry	IED attack
18-Apr	van Uhm, Dennis	Lieutenant	23	45 Armoured Infantry	IED attack
12-Jan	Poortema, Aldert	Corporal	22	44 Armoured Infantry	Friendly fire
12-Jan	Schol, Wesley	Private 1st	20	44 Armoured Infantry	Friendly fire
2007
03-Nov	Groen, Ronald	Corporal 1st	21	43 Mechanised Reconn.	IED attack
20-Sep	Hoogland, Tim	Private 1st	20	13 Infantry Airmobile	Hostile fire
26-Aug	Rosier, Martijn	Sergeant 1st	30	111 Mech. Engineers	IED attack
10-Jul	Krist, Tom	Lieutenant	24	42 Infantry Battalion	Suicide bomb
18-Jun	Leunissen, Jos	Sergeant Mjr	44	11 Airmobile Brigade	Hostile fire
15-Jun	Smeehuijzen, Timo	Private 1st	20	42nd Battalion	Hostile fire
20-Apr	Strik, Cor	Corporal	21	11 Airmobile Brigade	Land mine
06-Apr	Donkers, Robert	Sergeant 1st	33	Not reported yet	Accident
2006
11-Oct	Dijkstra	Sergeant		Not reported yet	Suicide
31-Aug	Donkervoort, Michael	Captain	29	313-Squadron	Plane crash
26-Jul	van Twist, Jan	Lt Colonel	47	Legal Adviser	Plane crash
26-Jul	van Boxtel, Bart	Sergeant	29	11th Airmobile Infantry	Plane crash

British Guardsman, Christopher Davies, killed in gun battle

Christopher Davies

Guardsman Christopher Davies, from the 1st Battalion Irish Guards, serving with Combined Force Nahr-e Saraj (North), was killed in Afghanistan on Wednesday 17 November 2010.

Guardsman Davies was killed while taking part in a security patrol in Nahr-e Saraj (North), Helmand province. As he was conducting a partnered operation with the Afghan National Army to the east of Patrol Base Hazrat, Guardsman Davies was hit by small arms fire.

Guardsman Davies, aged 22, was born and raised in St Helens, Merseyside. On completion of recruit training, he joined the 1st Battalion Irish Guards in Aldershot in January 2009.

Dutch surgeon dies in Afghanistan

On 16th November 2010, Doctor AHM (Fons) Dur died of a suspected heart attack. Dur, a surgeon, was in Afghanistan as part of a surgical team that worked in the Role 2 hospital in Tarin Kowt in Uruzgan.  

Since 1994, he had worked at the Red Cross Hospital (RKZ) in the Kennemerland region of Holland.

Danish soldier, Jørgen Randrup killed by bomb

Danish soldier, Jørgen Randrup, age 27, of the Royal Guard, was killed by a roadside bomb in the area east of Gereshk in Afghanistan, on November 14, 2010.

Jorgen Randrup

Jørgen Randrup joined the Danish Army in 2003 and had previously been deployed to Kosovo in 2005 and Afghanistan in 2007.

He is survived by his mother, father, sister and girlfriend.

British ranger, Aaron McCormick killed by IED

Aaron McCormick

Ranger Aaron McCormick, from 1st Battalion The Royal Irish Regiment, serving as part of Combined Force Nad 'Ali (South), was killed in Helmand, southern Afghanistan, on Sunday 14 November 2010.

Ranger McCormick had been helping to clear an area of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) during a security patrol in Nad 'Ali when he was killed in an explosion.

British airman, Scott Hughes

Scott Hughes

Senior Aircraftman Scott 'Scotty' Hughes, serving with Number 1 Squadron Royal Air Force Regiment, died in Cyprus on Sunday 7 November 2010 following injuries sustained in an accident.

Senior Aircraftman (SAC) Hughes was returning from operations in Afghanistan and died from injuries suffered in a boating accident that took place on Friday 5 November as his unit was undertaking decompression activities. He was due to return home to the UK the following day. 

While swimming in the sea he was struck by a power boat operated by the Military Training Wing, British Forces Cyprus. An investigation into the accident is taking place.