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1991 British Army Lynx shootdown
| 1991 British Army Gazelle shootdown | |
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| Part of The Troubles and Operation Banner | |
.jpg) Lynx ZE380 in 1987 | |
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| Location | Crossmaglen, County Armagh, Northern Ireland |
| Coordinates | 54°4′42.09″N 6°36′27.41″W / 54.0783583°N 6.6076139°W |
| Date | 13 February 1991 15:18 (GMT) |
| Target | British Army helicopter |
Attack type | Shooting |
| Deaths | 0 |
| Injured | 0 |
| Perpetrator | Provisional IRA |
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. The heavily damaged helicopter was forced to crash-land in an open field; the aircraft and its crew were eventually recovered by British forces.
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