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| Date: | Thursday 17 January 1991 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Panavia Tornado GR1 |
| Owner/operator: | 14 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ZD791 |
| MSN: | 400/BS134/31 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Ar Rumaylah Southwest Airfield -
 Iraq
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Flak and/or SAM-16 AAM struck and exploded a Sidewinder missile on the aircraft during a low level ground attack mission over an Iraqi airfield. Both crew ejected but were taken prisoner and later released
Sources:
Flight International 13-19 May 1992
http://web.archive.org/web/20161217162447/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/aircraft_by_type/tornado.htm
www.ukserials.com
Images:
Photo: AAIB
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Jan-2009 10:44 | harro | Updated |
| 03-Jul-2009 04:46 | Jakub Cikhart | Updated |
| 04-Jul-2011 00:17 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 06-Apr-2013 18:31 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 14-Apr-2013 18:20 | harro | Updated |
| 18-Oct-2018 15:05 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
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