1991 British Army Lynx shootdown

1991 British Army Gazelle shootdown
Part of The Troubles and Operation Banner
Lynx ZE380 in 1987
Location	Crossmaglen, County Armagh, Northern Ireland
Coordinates	54°4′42.09″N 6°36′27.41″W / 54.0783583°N 6.6076139°W / 54.0783583; -6.6076139
Date	13 February 1991 15:18 (GMT)
Target	British Army helicopter
Attack type	Shooting
Deaths	0
Injured	0
Perpetrator	Provisional IRA

On 13 February 1991, an Army Air Corps (AAC) Westland Lynx Mk7, serial number ZE380, was shot down by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) in the vicinity of Crossmaglen, County Armagh, in Northern Ireland. The IRA's South Armagh Brigade ambushed the aircraft while approaching the joint British Army-RUC base in Crossmaglen using automatic rifles, general-purpose machine guns and heavy machine guns. The heavily damaged helicopter was forced to crash-land in an open field; the aircraft and its crew were eventually recovered by British forces.