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1994 British Army Lynx shootdown information


1994 British Army Lynx shootdown
Part of the Troubles
A British Army Lynx helicopter
1994 British Army Lynx shootdown is located in Northern Ireland
1994 British Army Lynx shootdown
LocationCrossmaglen, County Armagh, Northern Ireland
Coordinates54°4′33.5″N 6°36′32″W / 54.075972°N 6.60889°W / 54.075972; -6.60889
Date19 March 1994
20:27 (GMT)
TargetBritish Army base
Attack type
Mortar
Injured4
PerpetratorProvisional IRA

On 19 March 1994, a British Army Lynx helicopter was shot down by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) in Northern Ireland. A unit of the IRA's South Armagh Brigade fired a heavy improvised mortar at the British Army base in Crossmaglen, County Armagh. The mortar round hit and shot down the helicopter, serial number ZD275,[1] while it was hovering over the helipad. Three British soldiers and a Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) member were wounded.

  1. ^ "UK Military Aircraft Losses - 1994". www.ukserials.com. Retrieved 24 September 2020.

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