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June 18, 2015 at 3:14 pm in reply to: NI helicopter shooting #884187

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Thanks for the link. I’ve read about this Gazelle crash in Feb 1990 but I’m not sure if this was the incident for which the Royal Marine pilot was awarded his MiD – the dates don’t seem to match up (the award of the MiD was announced in the London Gazette in November 1991, which suggests the event occurred earlier that year). I’ve read that there was a machine-gun attack on a Lynx on 15 February 1991 – perhaps it’s related to this attack. Anyone have any info about this incident?

June 15, 2015 at 3:17 pm in reply to: Ulster DFM #887326

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Thanks for the advice about trying the RAF Command forum. I’m only guessing, but I think the DFM may be connected to an incident reported in the Daily Telegraph of January 8th 1993, in which two Lynx came under fire in County Fermanagh and, as in the ‘Battle of Newry Road’ later that year, there was a running gun battle between the gunmen on the ground and the helicopter crew. But the Telegraph article is very light on details, unfortunately.

June 12, 2015 at 4:07 pm in reply to: Ulster DFM #890450

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Thanks for that, Michael. I think this DFM may be connected to a different incident, as it was awarded in Oct ’93, just a few weeks after the Battle of Newry Road in Sept ’93, and DFMs/DFCs seem to be awarded about 10 or 12 months after the event has taken place.

Thanks also for the advice about trying the Pprune forum – I’ll do that.
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