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1990 British Army Gazelle shootdown information


1990 British Army Gazelle shootdown
Part of The Troubles and Operation Banner
File:Derrygorry 1990.jpg
British Army personnel inspecting the Gazelle's wreckage
1990 British Army Gazelle shootdown is located in Northern Ireland
1990 British Army Gazelle shootdown
Locationbetween Augher and Derrygorry,
Republic of Ireland–United Kingdom border
Coordinates54°24′48″N 7°03′30″W / 54.41333°N 7.05833°W / 54.41333; -7.05833
Date11 February 1990
16:30 (GMT)
TargetBritish Army helicopter
Attack type
Shooting
Deaths0
Injured3 soldiers
PerpetratorProvisional IRA

On 11 February 1990, an active service unit of the Provisional IRA East Tyrone Brigade shot down a British Army Gazelle helicopter (serial number ZB687) along the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. It took place between Augher in County Tyrone and Derrygorry in County Monaghan. The helicopter was hit several times by heavy machine-gun fire and crash-landed on an open field, injuring three members of its crew of four.

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