Two British airmen missing as US missile downs RAF jet

AN inquiry was launched yesterday after an RAF jet was shot down by US “friendly fire” in the Gulf.

Two British airmen on a Tornado are missing after they were downed by a US Patriot missile close to the Kuwait border. They were returning from a mission over Iraq in the early hours of yesterday morning.

It was the third air disaster involving British servicemen since the war began, none of which were caused by enemy fire.