Operation Flavius
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Operation Flavius was a military operation in which three members of the Provisional Irish Republican Army were shot dead by the British Special Air Service in Gibraltar on 6 March 1988. The trio were
Petrol station on Winston Churchill Avenue in Gibraltar, where McCann and Farrell were shot, pictured in 2014
Area in front of The Convent where the changing of the guard ceremony takes place
Proposed site of IRA car bomb by Southport Gates
Location between Corral Road and Landport in Gibraltar where Savage was shot
Corporals killings
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On 19 March 1988, the British Army corporals Derek Wood and David Howes were attacked by members of a crowd attending a funeral of an IRA member, and were later shot dead by the Provisional Irish Repu
Operation Flavius
…events in a fourteen-day period. On 16 March, the funeral of the three IRA members was attacked, leaving three mourners dead. At the funeral of one, two British soldiers were murdered after driving into the procession in error. In late 1987, British authorities became aware of an IRA plan to detonate a bomb outside the governor's…
Father Alec Reid administers the last rites to Corporal David Howes.
Corporal Derek Wood produces a weapon as he tries to hold back the crowd.