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1991 British Army Lynx shootdown

13 de fev. de 1991 · 54.08° N, 6.61° W

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13 de fev. de 1991
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54.08° N, 6.61° W
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helicopter downed by the Provisional IRA over Northern Ireland

1991 British Army Lynx shootdown

Helicopter downed by the Provisional IRA over Northern Ireland

On 13 February 1991, an Army Air Corps (AAC) Westland Lynx Mk7, serial number ZE380, was shot down by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) in the vicinity of Crossmaglen, County Armagh, in Northern Ireland. The IRA's South Armagh Brigade ambushed the aircraft while approaching the joint British Army-RUC base in Crossmaglen using automatic rifles, general-purpose machine guns and heavy machine guns.

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