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 all 11 people on board, including seven officers of the RMAF. It was the first time guerillas had shot down an aircraft throughout the course of the Malayan Emergency and subsequent communist insurgency in Malaysia.[1]
- ^ "11 killed as 'copter shot down". The Victoria Advocate. Associated Press. 27 April 1976. pp. 8A.