1988 British Army Lynx shootdown

1988 British Army Lynx shootdown
Part of the Troubles
A British Army Lynx helicopter
Location	Aughanduff, County Armagh, Northern Ireland
Coordinates	54°7′45.6″N 6°31′14.9″W / 54.129333°N 6.520806°W / 54.129333; -6.520806
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.