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1990 British Army Gazelle shootdown
On 11 February 1990, an active service unit of the Provisional IRA East Tyrone Brigade shot down a British Army Gazelle helicopter (serial number ZB687) along the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. It took place between Augher in County Tyrone and Derrygorry in County Monaghan. The helicopter was hit several times by heavy machine-gun fire and crash-landed on an open field, injuring three members of its crew of four.
== Background ==
(詳細は"Calculating, professional enemy that faces KOSB" ) by Ian Bruce. Herald Scotland, 15 December 1989〕 On 13 December, a major assault took place when an IRA team raided a permanent vehicle checkpoint manned by members of the King's Own Scottish Borderers (KOSB) regiment near Derryard, County Fermanagh, a few yards from the border with the Republic. Two soldiers were killed in an attack that involved the use of machine guns, rocket-propelled grenades and a flamethrower.〔(The Derryard Action, County Fermanagh, 13 December 1989 )〕 While British officials focused on members of the IRA from County Monaghan, in the Republic, supported by others from Clogher, County Tyrone,〔 author Ed Moloney asserts that the culprit was a flying column made up of IRA volunteers from different brigades, commanded by Michael "Pete" Ryan from the East Tyrone Brigade.〔Moloney, Ed (2003). ''A secret story of the IRA''. W.W. Norton & co., p. 333. ISBN 0-393-32502-4〕 The execution of hit-and-run raids by the IRA was "professional" and "calculating" according to British military sources.〔
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