1976 Gubir shootdown | |||||||
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Part of Operation Gubir II of the Communist insurgency in Malaysia (1968–1989) | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Malaysia | Communist Party of Malaya | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
No centralised leadership | |||||||
Units involved | |||||||
RMAF | MNLA | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
11 soldiers (7 officers) | Unknown | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
11 killed | None |
On 26 April 1976, during a counterinsurgency operation conducted by the Malaysian government against guerilla fighters from the Malayan Communist Party, a Sikorsky S-61A-4 Nuri operated by the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) was shot down by insurgents in forest reserves near the town of Gubir in Sik District, Kedah. The incident killed 11 people, including seven officers. It was the first fatal crash involving the S-61A-4 Nuri,