1994 British Army Lynx shootdown

1994 British Army Lynx shootdown
Part of the Troubles
A British Army Lynx helicopter
Location	Crossmaglen, County Armagh, Northern Ireland
Coordinates	54°4′33.5″N 6°36′32″W / 54.075972°N 6.60889°W / 54.075972; -6.60889
Date	19 March 1994 20:27 (GMT)
Target	British Army base
Attack type	Mortar
Injured	4
Perpetrator	Provisional 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.