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During the Rhodesian Bush War a group of ZIPRA guerrillas shot down civilian Vickers Viscount aircraft (Air Rhodesia Flight 825) with a Soviet-made SAM Strela-2; of 56 passengers and crew 38 people died in crash, 10 were massacred by the guerrillas at the site.
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Rhodesian Bush War
1964–1979 conflict in Southern Africa
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Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army
1964–1980 military wing of the Zimbabwe African People's Union
Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (ZIPRA) was the military wing of the Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU), a Marxist–Leninist political party in Rhodesia. It participated in the Rhodesian Bush War against white minority rule of Rhodesia. ZIPRA was formed during the 1960s…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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Air Rhodesia Flight 825
Passenger aircraft which was shot down in 1978
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