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Iraq war veteran in helicopter targeted by missile 'felt heartbeat through body armour'

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UK forces leaving Iraq, former Private Mike Kiff has told how the Royal British Legion helped save his life after returning home.

Mike survived war zones but came close to suicide when adjusting to civilian family life after a long-standing injury forced him to medical discharge in 2016.

Mike told LADbible how his most frightening moment during his involvement in Operation Telic - Britain's military operation in Iraq - was bracing for a missile while helplessly sitting in a helicopter.

Mike said: "On one of my last flights in the country, something locked onto the helicopter that we were in and the pilot started taking evasive action and I'd never experienced it yet."The chaff was going off [missile countermeasure] and I'd never experienced.

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