Sarah Mulvihill - Iraq War Heroes, Fallen Coalition Heroes

Sarah Mulvihill

Canterbury, England

May 6, 2006

Age	Rank	Unit/Location
32	Flight Lt	Royal Air Force

Killed along with four British servicemen when their Lynx helicopter was brought down by an apparent rocket strike in Basra, Iraq.

From BBC News news.bbc.co.uk 03/10/07:

Play area to remember RAF woman
A children's play area in a Kent town has been named after the first British servicewoman killed on duty in Iraq.

Flt Lt Sarah-Jayne Mulvihill, 32, from Kent, and four male colleagues died when a helicopter came down last May.

She was born in Canterbury and grew up in Herne Bay where the play area has been refurbished by the city council.

The Sarah-Jayne Memorial Play Area at Cherry Orchard was named by her parents, who still live in the town, and unveiled at a ceremony on Saturday.

Flt Lt Mulvihill was an operations support officer acting as adjutant when she was killed in Basra on 6 May.

A memorial to her was unveiled at Kent International Airport at Manston in December.