British jet shot down over Gorazde

Title

British jet shot down over Gorazde

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

16 Apr 1994

Year of production

1994

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Duration

00:02:54

Description

Iain Ramage reports as UN ordered NATO air strikes on Gorazde in Bosia in poor weather resulted in a British jet being shot down. Lieutenant Nick Richardson bailed out of his aircraft and Lieutenant Oz Phillips got back to base. Comment from Terry Loughran, Commander of aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal; UK Defence Secretary Malcolm Rifkind; shadow Foreign Secretary Jack Cunningham; Liberal Democrat defence spokesman Menzies Campbell.

Contributors

Malcolm Rifkind; Jack Cunningham; Menzies Campbell; Iain Ramage; Terry Loughran

Keywords

Ethnic conflicts; UN; NATO; Peacekeeping; Aerial bombardment; Wars (events); Bosnia and Herzegovina; Gorazde; Yugoslav War (1991-1995); Airborne forces

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