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The RAF Pilots Tortured During The Gulf War | Tornado Down: Operation Desert Storm (2017x27)

Air date: May 26, 2017

Operation Desert Storm was only a day old when Tornado pilots John Peters and John Nichol were shot down in Iraqi territory and subsequently tortured and paraded on TV. Bruised and battered, the two men mumbled incoherently into the camera, and instantly became symbols around the world of Saddam’s savagery and aggression.