| 1988 British Army Lynx shootdown | |
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| Part of the Troubles | |
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| Location | Aughanduff, County Armagh, Northern Ireland |
| Coordinates | 54°7′45.6″N 6°31′14.9″W / 54.129333°N 6.520806°W |
| Date | 23 June 1988 12:55 (GMT) |
| Target | British Army helicopter |
Attack type | Shooting |
| Deaths | 0 |
| Injured | 1 |
| Perpetrator | Provisional IRA |
On 23 June 1988, an Army Air Corps (AAC) Westland Lynx, serial number XZ664, was shot down by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) near Aughanduff Mountain, County Armagh, in Northern Ireland. A unit of the IRA's South Armagh Brigade fired at the British Army helicopter using automatic rifles and heavy machine guns. The disabled helicopter was forced to crash-land in an open field; the aircraft and its crew were eventually recovered by British forces.