1978 British Army Gazelle downing information

On 17 February 1978, a British Army Gazelle helicopter, serial number XX404, went down near Jonesborough, County Armagh, Northern Ireland, after being...

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RUC/Army base was within 50 yards. They would have heard the shooting but would not risk further attack on the ground. 1978 British Army Gazelle downing 1988...

On 19 March 1988, the British Army corporals Derek Wood and David Howes were killed by the Provisional IRA in Belfast, Northern Ireland, in what became...

After the late 1970s restructure, the British Army estimated the IRA had 500 full-time volunteers. A 1978 British Army report by Brigadier James Glover stated...

thus ending the British Army's emergency operation in Northern Ireland. The support to the police forces was primarily from the British Army, with the Royal...

Creggan were also IRA strongholds. In February 1978, a British Army Gazelle helicopter was shot down near Silverbridge, killing Lieutenant Colonel Ian...

high-intensity campaign against the British and Northern Ireland security forces and the infrastructure of the state. The British Army characterised this period...

third failed to detonate. 7 February – Downing Street mortar attack: The IRA launched a mortar attack on 10 Downing Street during a cabinet meeting with...

windscreen, forcing the pilot to land in an open field. 17 February 1978 - An Army Air Corps Gazelle helicopter carrying Green Jackets Lieutenant Colonel Ian Corden-Lloyd...

Downing Street, in an attempt to assassinate Prime Minister John Major and his cabinet. One of the shells exploded in the back garden of 10 Downing Street;...

British Army and Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) in Northern Ireland. It was also active to a lesser extent in the Republic of Ireland, Great Britain...

Ireland. Eighteen British soldiers were killed and over twenty were seriously injured, making it the deadliest attack on the British Army during the Troubles...

1994, the CIRA has waged a campaign in Northern Ireland against the British Army and the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI), formerly the Royal...

(English: Prime Minister), Albert Reynolds, at the British Prime Minister's office in 10 Downing Street. The declaration affirmed both the right of the...

shoot down Captain Guillermo Reynaldo Cortez who died when his Corsair exploded. British Army Gazelle downing (17 February 1978) British Army Lynx shootdown...

3 Regiment Army Air Corps (3 Regt AAC) is a regiment of the British Army and is under the command of the 1st Aviation Brigade Combat Team within Joint...

following year. Also in 1987, Cyprus purchased from France a unit of 6 SA-342L Gazelle scout anti-tank helicopters and 18 VAB-VCAC guided-missile tank-destroyers...

the Troubles, bringing five down on separate occasions: the Gazelle shot down in February 1978 near Jonesborough, a Lynx in June 1988, a second Lynx in February...

reconnaissance across the Gulf. The British Army also deployed 24 TOW-armed Lynxes alongside an equal number of Westland Gazelle helicopters during the Gulf War...

Operation Demetrius was a British Army operation in Northern Ireland on 9–10 August 1971, during the Troubles. It involved the mass arrest and internment...

to be sent to Derry. On 14 August, the British Army were deployed and the RUC were withdrawn. The British Army made no attempt to enter the Bogside, which...

This is a list of ambushes carried out by the Irish Republican Army against the British armed forces and police. Melaugh, Martin. "Cain: Chronology of...