Operation Deliverance

Operation Deliverance
	Part of Somali Civil War
	; Canadian soldiers in Somalia, 1992
Date	December 1992 – May 1993
Location	Somalia
Result	Canadian forces achieve military objectives, but certain members behave criminally, and the forces suffer severe political repercussions. Somalia Affair; Disbanding of the Canadian Airborne Regiment;
Belligerents
Canada	United Somali Congress
Commanders and leaders
Brian Mulroney; John de Chastelain;	Mohamed 'Tiger' I. Barre
Units involved
	Canadian Airborne Regiment
Strength
1,400 troops; 1 helicopter squadron; 1 HMCS Preserver naval ship;	Unknown
Casualties and losses
1 killed (friendly fire)	≥4

Operation Deliverance was a

Canadian military operation in Somalia that formed part of the United Nations peace-making deployment to that country during the early part of the Somali Civil War. The mission began on December 3, 1992, and involved about 1,400 Canadian troops, a helicopter unit and the supply ship HMCS Preserver.^[1]^[2]

While

chain of command up to, but not including, the Minister of Defence

One Canadian soldier died during the mission, Corporal Michael David Abel of the Canadian Airborne Regiment. He was killed when a rifle being cleaned by a fellow soldier discharged accidentally.[3]