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*Sergeant [[Kevin Andrew Hardie]] - Crewman<ref>[http://www.mullofkintyrereview.org.uk/sites/default/files/Mull%20of%20Kintyre%20Review%20Report.pdf Mull of Kintyre Review Report], p.12, accessed 2 September 2012.</ref><ref name="Lords Evidence">[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200102/ldselect/ldchin/25/25we21.htm Chinook ZD 576 - Written Evidence], House of Lords, 31 January 2002.</ref>
 
*Sergeant [[Kevin Andrew Hardie]] - Crewman<ref>[http://www.mullofkintyrereview.org.uk/sites/default/files/Mull%20of%20Kintyre%20Review%20Report.pdf Mull of Kintyre Review Report], p.12, accessed 2 September 2012.</ref><ref name="Lords Evidence">[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200102/ldselect/ldchin/25/25we21.htm Chinook ZD 576 - Written Evidence], House of Lords, 31 January 2002.</ref>
  
===NIO/MI5===
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===Northern Ireland Office===
*[[John Robert Deverell]]  
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*[[John Robert Deverell]] - [[MI5]], most likely Deputy Director General, although some sources suggest he was still [[Director and Co-ordinator of Intelligence (Northern Ireland)]] (DCI NI).
*[[Stephen Rickard|Stephen Lewis Rickard]]
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*[[Stephen Rickard|Stephen Lewis Rickard]] - [[MI5]], probably DCI NI.
*[[Michael Maltby|Michael Bruce Maltby]]
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*[[Michael Maltby|Michael Bruce Maltby]] - [[MI5]] 
*[[John Stuart Haynes]]  
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*[[John Haynes|John Stuart Haynes]]  
*[[Martin George Dalton]]
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*[[Martin Dalton|Martin George Dalton]]
*[[Anne James]]<ref name="Lords Evidence">[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200102/ldselect/ldchin/25/25we21.htm Chinook ZD 576 - Written Evidence], House of Lords, 31 January 2002.</ref><ref name="GuardianList">[http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2002/feb/06/lords.politics The 29 who died], ''The Guardian'', 6 February 2002.</ref>
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*[[Anne James]] - [[GCHQ]] employee <ref name="Lords Evidence">[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200102/ldselect/ldchin/25/25we21.htm Chinook ZD 576 - Written Evidence], House of Lords, 31 January 2002.</ref><ref name="GuardianList">[http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2002/feb/06/lords.politics The 29 who died], ''The Guardian'', 6 February 2002.</ref>
  
 
The ''Guardian'' reported in 2002 that five other [[MI5]] officers died along with Deverell.<ref name="GuardianList">[http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2002/feb/06/lords.politics The 29 who died], ''The Guardian'', 6 February 2002.</ref> However, Christopher Andrew's official history of MI5 claims that only three other members of the service were on board.<ref>Christopher Andrew, ''The Defence of the Realm: The Authorized History of MI5'', Allen Lane, 2009, p.785.</ref>
 
The ''Guardian'' reported in 2002 that five other [[MI5]] officers died along with Deverell.<ref name="GuardianList">[http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2002/feb/06/lords.politics The 29 who died], ''The Guardian'', 6 February 2002.</ref> However, Christopher Andrew's official history of MI5 claims that only three other members of the service were on board.<ref>Christopher Andrew, ''The Defence of the Realm: The Authorized History of MI5'', Allen Lane, 2009, p.785.</ref>
  
 
===RUC===
 
===RUC===
*Assistant Chief Constable [[John Charles Brian Fitzsimons]]
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*Assistant Chief Constable [[John Charles Brian Fitzsimons]] - head of [[RUC Special Branch]]
 
*Detective Chief Superintendent [[Desmond Conroy|Desmond Patrick Conroy]]  
 
*Detective Chief Superintendent [[Desmond Conroy|Desmond Patrick Conroy]]  
*Detective Chief Superintendent [[Maurice Neilly]]
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*Detective Chief Superintendent [[Maurice Neilly]] - Head of Special Branch North Region
 
*Detective Superintendent [[Philip Davidson|Philip George Davidson]]  
 
*Detective Superintendent [[Philip Davidson|Philip George Davidson]]  
 
*Detective Superintendent [[Ian Phoenix|John Turbitt Phoenix]] (Ian Phoenix)
 
*Detective Superintendent [[Ian Phoenix|John Turbitt Phoenix]] (Ian Phoenix)
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===Army===
 
===Army===
 
*Colonel [[Christopher John Biles]] - Assistant Chief of Staff (presumably at HQNI)
 
*Colonel [[Christopher John Biles]] - Assistant Chief of Staff (presumably at HQNI)
*Lieutenant Colonel [[Richard Lawrence Gregory-Smith]]
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*Lieutenant Colonel [[Richard Gregory-Smith|Richard Lawrence Gregory-Smith]]
 
*Lieutenant Colonel [[John Tobias]]
 
*Lieutenant Colonel [[John Tobias]]
*Lieutenant Colonel [[George Victor Alexander Williams]]
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*Lieutenant Colonel [[George Williams|George Victor Alexander Williams]]
 
*Major [[Roy Pugh]]
 
*Major [[Roy Pugh]]
 
*Major [[Richard Allen (Chinook crash victim)|Richard Allen]]
 
*Major [[Richard Allen (Chinook crash victim)|Richard Allen]]
*Major [[Christopher John Dockerty]]  
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*Major [[Christopher Dockerty|Christopher John Dockerty]]  
*Major [[Anthony Robert Hornby]]
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*Major [[Anthony Hornby|Anthony Robert Hornby]]
*Major [[Gary Paul Sparks]]<ref name="Lords Evidence">[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200102/ldselect/ldchin/25/25we21.htm Chinook ZD 576 - Written Evidence], House of Lords, 31 January 2002.</ref><ref name="GuardianList">[http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2002/feb/06/lords.politics The 29 who died], ''The Guardian'', 6 February 2002.</ref>
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*Major [[Gary Sparks|Gary Paul Sparks]]<ref name="Lords Evidence">[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200102/ldselect/ldchin/25/25we21.htm Chinook ZD 576 - Written Evidence], House of Lords, 31 January 2002.</ref><ref name="GuardianList">[http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2002/feb/06/lords.politics The 29 who died], ''The Guardian'', 6 February 2002.</ref>
  
==External Resources==
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==External resources==
 
*[http://chinook-justice.org/ The Campaign For Justice For The Pilots of ZD576]
 
*[http://chinook-justice.org/ The Campaign For Justice For The Pilots of ZD576]
  

Latest revision as of 08:53, 1 October 2012

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

RAF flight crew

Northern Ireland Office

The Guardian reported in 2002 that five other MI5 officers died along with Deverell.[5] However, Christopher Andrew's official history of MI5 claims that only three other members of the service were on board.[6]

RUC

Army

External resources

Notes

  1. Chinook ZD 576 - Written Evidence, House of Lords, 31 January 2002.
  2. Q&A: Chinook crash inquiry, BBC News Scotland, 3 June 2004.
  3. Mull of Kintyre Review Report, p.12, accessed 2 September 2012.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Chinook ZD 576 - Written Evidence, House of Lords, 31 January 2002.
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 The 29 who died, The Guardian, 6 February 2002.
  6. Christopher Andrew, The Defence of the Realm: The Authorized History of MI5, Allen Lane, 2009, p.785.