1994 British Army Lynx shootdown

1994 British Army Lynx shootdown
Part of the Troubles
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.