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A pilot involved in the "friendly fire" incident which killed a UK soldier has more then 20 years experience in the US Air Force, it has been reported. The Sun has identified Col Gus Kohntopp as the pilot who fired the shots in Iraq which killed Lance Corporal of Horse Matty Hull, 25, from Berkshire.

BBC NEWS | UK | Friendly fire pilot 'experienced'

As of February 9, 2007 Kohntopp was reported to be "in hiding."[14] On March 16, 2007, the Oxfordshire assistant deputy coroner Andrew Walker ruled that the killing of Matty Hull was, "unlawful and the result of a criminal attack" IE the official verdict was one of unlawful killing. Neither Kohntopp nor any other representative from the U.S. government appeared before or provided testimony to the inquest in spite of requests from the British coroner to do so.[15][16]

Gus Kohntopp - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
he got the Bronze star and promoted to colonel