1982 British Army Gazelle friendly fire incident
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Description
On 6 June 1982, during the Falklands War, the British Royal Navy Type 42 destroyer HMS Cardiff engaged and destroyed a British Army Westland Gazelle helicopter, serial number XX377, in a friendly fire incident, killing all four occupants. Cardiff, on the lookout for aircraft flying supplies to the Argentine forces occupying the Falkland Islands, misidentified the helicopter as an enemy Lockheed C-130 Hercules. The loss of the helicopter was initially blamed on enemy action, but a subsequent inquiry found a missile from the Cardiff to be the cause.
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