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NELL'S PLANELY GORGEOUS

NELL now adorns the nose of a 31 Squadron Tornado GR4 on active service over Iraq. She has already flown sorties over Baghdad. The paint job was approved by Wing Commader Paddy Teakle, 42, as a morale booster after losing two men in friendly fire. Wingco Teakle is pictured above, behind Pete Beilby, at 24 the squadron's youngest pilot. Proud Nell said last night: "What a wonderful thing to do."

Nell sends knickers to nobble Saddam

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EXCLUSIVE by Jules Stenson

THE Desert Rats are rolling towards victory in Iraq equipped with the ultimate secret weapon...Nell McAndrew's pink knickers.

The News of the World's Official Forces' Sweetheart sent her smalls to the Gulf after receiving a desperate plea from the desert.

It came from Captain Richard Oldfield of the 7th Armoured Brigade, who wrote to Nell with a tricky problem.

His Desert Rats, the heroes who saw off Rommel, had a challenge to test the best. "My boss has promised a case of champagne for anyone able to acquire a pair of celebrity pants," he wrote.

"So I'm leaning on your gameness for a laugh, charitable nature and no small amount of British patriotism for a pair of your (very freshly laundered) pants with some form of corroborative evidence of ownership."

The captain added helpfully: "They're for trophy value only, please understand, rather than as a functional piece of underwear."

Fun-loving Nell, 29, immediately sent off a pink pair of knickers she wore for a recent magazine shoot.

She laughed: "I included a picture of me wearing them as proof of ownership, too! I'm delighted to help Captain Oldfield win his bet."

Capt Oldfield also mentioned that his force may not have brought enough smalls for their own stay in the war zone. So Nell came to the rescue again.

"I went out and bought lots of Calvin Klein and Jasper Conran boxers to send to the lads," she added. "Plus some knickers for the girls serving with our Forces."