Army helicopter pilot ‘who had affairs with 2 crewmates’ wives’ sparks mutiny from comrades & faces probe from top brass | 4N6RO3K | 2024-01-23 06:08:01
Army helicopter pilot 'who had affairs with 2 crewmates' wives' sparks mutiny from comrades & faces probe from top brass | 4N6RO3K | 2024-01-23 06:08:01
Comrades refused to fly with married Captain Simon Boeg, 42, after the alleged betrayals.
AN Military chopper pilot triggered a mutiny over claims he had affairs with two of his crewmates' wives.
Comrades refused to fly with married Captain Simon Boeg, 42, after the alleged betrayals.
Bosses within the Army Air Corps grounded him on security grounds and launched a misconduct probe.
A pilot advised The Solar: "Flight security is every thing.
"If a pilot says, 'I don't need to be in the identical cockpit as him,' it's a flight safety hazard.
"That is why the army has really strict rules about behaviours that have an effect on the cohesiveness of a unit, or its operational effectiveness."
Boeg was accused of romping with the wives of his co-pilot and door gunner — both shut associates of his — in two separate affairs.
A Wildcat helicopter teacher, Boeg rose via the ranks before commissioning as a late-entry officer.
His co-pilot and door-gunner have been both sergeants who had "grown up with him" within the Air Corps.
A supply stated: "They flew collectively many occasions over a few years.
"They have been all close associates.
"They went to one another's weddings."
In 2022 Boeg faced a probe generally known as "administrative action" for allegedly romping with the door-gunner's wife.
By that time the door gunner was promoted to a senior instructor and had two years left to serve however give up over how the probe was dealt with.
Boeg was then posted 7,000 miles away to Brunei, together with his spouse and youngsters, as a jungle flying skilled.
However on frequent trips again to Britain he typically stayed with a fellow Wildcat pilot at his family quarters on RNAS Yeovilton, Somerset, where their 652 Squadron is predicated.
When the co-pilot was despatched to the US for a coaching exercise final yr, Boeg allegedly embarked on an affair together with his spouse.
All three marriages have since broken down, a well-placed supply informed The Solar.
The Military launched a probe into the second alleged affair in November.
A source stated: "The husband had tried to keep it quiet.
"He needed to rebuild his marriage.
"However when he realised that wouldn't happen he lodged a grievance with the chain of command and that's when the squadron acquired wind of what had occurred.
"At first it was just one one that was on the listing to fly with Boeg they usually refused.
"But as quickly as that individual refused, everybody else followed go well with.
"It's a tight-knit group and other people have been really p***ed off.
"The chain of command had to floor him because nobody would fly with him."
In 2022 the MoD launched a policy of "zero tolerance to unacceptable sexual behaviour".
It creates "a presumption of discharge from the Armed Forces for any one that behaved in a sexually unacceptable means".
An Army spokesman stated its soldiers "are held to the very best requirements", including: "If people fail to satisfy these requirements then applicable motion might be taken."
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