'The luckiest man alive': Taliban bullet pierces helmet of British soldier but misses head by 2mm

Lucky son of a gun. Definitely had his guardian angel by him that day. Telegraph

When a Taliban bullet pierced his helmet and sent him flying from his post, comrades thought Private Leon Wilson was dead.

Lying on the ground with his eyes closed, they feared the 32-year-old machine gunner had been shot straight through the head.[...]

Incredibly the sniper's bullet had missed his head by just 2mm and after just an hour recovering from his amazing escape he was back manning his machine gun - in a borrowed helmet.

The astonishing incident happened as the soldier his comrades were on an operation with the Afghan National Army in Helmand province on April 10.

They came under fire from the Taliban and Pte Wilson set up his machine gun on the roof of a compound to engage the enemy.

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