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::The loss of the cream of Northern Ireland intelligence officers was a blow to the Conservative Government of the time, temporarily confounding the anti-IRA campaign. | ::The loss of the cream of Northern Ireland intelligence officers was a blow to the Conservative Government of the time, temporarily confounding the anti-IRA campaign. | ||
| − | ::The crash posed some embarrassing questions - such as why the UK's top anti-terrorist personnel flew together.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/1800804.stm Q&A: Chinook crash inquiry], BBC News Scotland, | + | ::The crash posed some embarrassing questions - such as why the UK's top anti-terrorist personnel flew together.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/1800804.stm Q&A: Chinook crash inquiry], BBC News Scotland, 3 June 2004.</ref> |
==Victims== | ==Victims== | ||
Revision as of 20:30, 9 August 2010
On 2 June 1994, an RAF Chinook helicopter crashed on the Mull of Kintyre in Western Scotland, during a flight from RAF Aldergrove outside Belfast.[1]
The passengers included senior figures from RUC Special Branch, MI5, the Army and the Northern Ireland Office.
- The loss of the cream of Northern Ireland intelligence officers was a blow to the Conservative Government of the time, temporarily confounding the anti-IRA campaign.
- The crash posed some embarrassing questions - such as why the UK's top anti-terrorist personnel flew together.[2]
Victims
Richard Allen | Christopher John Biles | Dennis Stanley Bunting | Desmond Patrick Conroy | Richard David Cook | Martin George Dalton | Philip George Davidson | Stephen Davidson | John Robert Deverell | Christopher John Dockerty | John Charles Brian Fitzsimons | Graham William Forbes | Robert Patrick Foster | Richard Lawrence Gregory-Smith | William Rutherford Gwilliam | Kevin Andrew Hardie | John Stuart Haynes | Anthony Robert Hornby | Anne Catherine MacDonald or James | Kevin Michael Magee | Michael Bruce Maltby | Maurice McLaughlin Neilly | John Turbitt Phoenix | Roy Pugh | Stephen Lewis Rickard | Gary Paul Sparks | Jonathan Paul Tapper | John Tobias | George Victor Alexander Williams[3]
External Resources
Notes
- ↑ Chinook ZD 576 - Written Evidence, House of Lords, 31 January 2002.
- ↑ Q&A: Chinook crash inquiry, BBC News Scotland, 3 June 2004.
- ↑ Chinook ZD 576 - Written Evidence, House of Lords, 31 January 2002.
