Operation Griffin

Operation Griffin
Part of the Rhodesian Bush War (or Second Chimurenga)
Date16-26 July 1968
Location
Chirundu, Rhodesia
Result Rhodesian victory
Belligerents
 Rhodesia
 South Africa
ZIPRA
Commanders and leaders
Rhodesia Maj. Robert Southey
Rhodesia 2Lt. Jerry Strong
Flt. Lt. Petter-Bowyer
Norman Walsh
Unknown
Units involved

Rhodesian Army

RRAF
South African Police
unknown
Strength
unknown 28 cadres
Casualties and losses
 Rhodesia:
1 killed
7 wounded
1 helicopter damaged
 South Africa:
1 killed
2 wounded
27 killed
1 defected
A green helicopter marked with a blue-white-red roundel; the roundel of the Federal Rhodesian Air Force. Against a backdrop of observers and barracks, it is lifting a Rhodesian Army jeep via a cargo net.
An Alouette III helicopter of the Rhodesian Air Force, pictured in 1962. Covering FN MAG fire from such an aircraft proved vital during the first contact of Operation Griffin on the 18 July 1968.[1]

Operation Griffin was a military operation launched by the Rhodesian Security Forces, on 16 July 1968, in response to an incursion into Rhodesia by communist insurgents belonging to the ZIPRA based in Zambia.

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