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Joy at direct hit turns to horror

Horror ... Matty, left, died in a blazing armoured vehicle hit by US tankbuster like the ones pictured on the right. The centre pictures show the killer pilot's view as he attacked Matty's convoy twice despite markings that made it clear they were friendly troops

Horror ... Matty, left, died in an armoured vehicle hit by US tankbuster like the ones pictured, right. Centre pictures show killer pilot's view as he attacked Brit convoy twice, despite markings showing they were friendly troops
Right picture: REUTERS

THE Sun today publishes the full, disturbing truth about how the US pilot of an A-10 tankbuster jet broke all the rules to shoot up a British convoy in the Iraq war.

We obtained the cockpit videotape at the centre of a diplomatic row between the two Allies.

It shows how the pilots ? reservists who had never been in action before ? made SIX crucial errors.

They left 25-year-old Lance Corporal of Horse Matty Hull dead and four comrades from the Household Cavalry Regiment seriously injured.

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