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Buffalo 461
A similar de Havilland Canada CC-115.
Incident
Date9 August 1974
SummaryShot down by missiles
SiteAd Dimas, Syria
Aircraft
Aircraft typede Havilland Canada DHC-5 Buffalo
OperatorCanadian Forces
Registration115461
Flight originBeirut International Airport, Lebanon
DestinationDamascus, Syria
Passengers4
Crew5
Fatalities9
Injuries0
Survivors0

Buffalo 461 was a Canadian military de Havilland Canada DHC-5 Buffalo assigned to the second United Nations Emergency Force force in Syria in support of United Nations Security Council Resolution 340. Assigned to a peacekeeping force, Buffalo 461 was shot down by three Syrian missiles[1] on August 9, 1974, killing all nine passengers and crew.[2]

The loss of Buffalo 461 remains the largest single-incident loss of life in the history of Canadian peacekeeping operations.[3]

  1. ^ home.cogeco.ca, The last mission of Buffalo 461 Archived 2011-06-08 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved 27 June 2009
  2. ^ Incident description for de Havilland Canada CC-115 Buffalo 115461 at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 2009-06-27.
  3. ^ buffalo461.ca, Buffalo 461 – Last Flight, retrieved 27 June 2009

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