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Filip Gaćina: Remembering the defender of Šibenik
Filip Gaćina, a Croatian defender whose enthusiastic exclamation 'Obadva, obadva! Oba su pala!' became a symbol of the 1991 Homeland War, is being remembered following the anniversary of his death.
During the defense of the Šibenik region on September 21, 1991, Gaćina, then 22, witnessed the shoot-down of two Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) aircraft. The event was captured on film by HRT cameraman Ivica Bilan. The aircraft were downed by Goran Pauk using a 20 mm anti-aircraft gun and Neven Livajić using a Strijela 2M system.
Gaćina died seven years later, in 1998, while working as a pyrotechnician in a minefield near Pridraga. Family members and former comrades recently gathered to pay their respects at the site of his death, laying wreaths and lighting candles to honor his memory.
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AKD Mungos · Filip Gaćina · Ivica Bilan · JNA · Šibenik
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- [● 3 SOURCES] Gaćina was 22 years old during the 1991 aircraft shoot-down www.primostenplus.com · www.dalmacijanews.hr · www.vecernji.hr
- [● 2 SOURCES] Goran Pauk hit the first aircraft with a 20 mm anti-aircraft gun www.dalmacijanews.hr · www.vecernji.hr
- [● 2 SOURCES] The moment of the aircraft shoot-down was captured by HRT cameraman Ivica Bilan www.dalmacijanews.hr · www.vecernji.hr
- [● 3 SOURCES] Filip Gaćina shouted 'Obadva, obadva! Oba su pala!' during the 1991 war www.primostenplus.com · www.dalmacijanews.hr · www.vecernji.hr
- [● 2 SOURCES] Filip Gaćina died in 1998 while working as a pyrotechnician in a minefield near Pridraga www.primostenplus.com · www.vecernji.hr
- [● 2 SOURCES] Two JNA aircraft were shot down over the Šibenik area on September 21, 1991 www.dalmacijanews.hr · www.vecernji.hr
- [○ 1 SOURCE] Gaćina worked as a pyrotechnician for AKD Mungos www.vecernji.hr
- [● 2 SOURCES] Neven Livajić shot down the second aircraft using a Strijela 2M system www.dalmacijanews.hr · www.vecernji.hr