1994 British Army Lynx shootdown (Q4589262)

matcher place: Ulster (relation 278664), County Armagh (relation 1119535)
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English Wikipedia categories: 1994 in Northern Ireland, 1994 in military history, 20th-century aircraft shootdown incidents, 20th century in County Armagh, Accidents and incidents involving helicopters, Army Air Corps (United Kingdom), Attacks on military installations in the 1990s, Aviation accidents and incidents in 1994, Aviation accidents and incidents in Northern Ireland, Aviation safety in the United Kingdom, Battles and conflicts without fatalities, British Army in Operation Banner, Conflicts in 1994, Improvised explosive device bombings in Northern Ireland, March 1994 events in the United Kingdom, Military actions and engagements during the Troubles (Northern Ireland), Military history of County Armagh, Provisional Irish Republican Army actions, Royal Logistic Corps, Royal Ulster Constabulary, The Troubles in County Armagh

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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, while it was hovering over the helipad. Three British soldiers and a Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) member were wounded.

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