| Country: | Sierra Leone |
| Details of Formation: | The ‘Bokkie’ Crew is a group of mercenaries who flew a MI-17 helicopter and assisted ECOMOG and the Kabbah government in defending Freetown in 1999. |
| Details of Termination: | The last report on the crew is in 2003. There is no evidence when or why they were disbanded. |
| Purpose: | The ‘Bokkie’ Crew resupplied soldiers and gave the Sierra Leonean army support from the air by flying an MI-17. They succeeded in turning RUF rebels away from Freetown. |
| Organisation: | As the group are hired mercenaries, they are bound by a contract. |
| Weapons and Training: | As the group consisted of hired mercenaries, they did not receive weapons and training from the government. They provided support by flying an MI-17 helicopter. |
| Size: | Reports suggest that a group of three were deployed to operate the MI-17 helicopter. |
| Reason for Membership: | The group was hired and payed to provide their services. |
| Treatment of Civilians: | Between seven and nine people were killed when the ‘Bokkie’ Crew fired into the centre of a town. Evidently, the group did not intentionally target civilians but nevertheless accepted harming them while carrying out their task of fighting rebels. |
| Other Information: | -- |
| References: | Information was taken from news sources listed in the PGMD |