in Wakefield Prison in England. 12 February 1976: A RUC officer William Hamer (aged 31) was shot dead while on foot patrol in Claudy, County Londonderry. 12 February 1976: James O'Neill (aged 17), Irish Republican Army Youth Section, died after being badly burnt during an arson attack on a furniture warehouse, Antrim Road, New Lodge, Belfast. 13 February 1976: An IRA volunteer (Sean Bailey, aged 20) died one day after being injured in a premature bomb explosion in house, Nansen Street, Falls, Belfast. 15 February 1976: An IRA volunteer was shot dead by the British Army while escaping from a gun attack on the Ballygomartin Road in Belfast. 22 February 1976: A Protestant civilian, Marjorie Lockington (aged 55), was shot dead by IRA volunteers during a hijacking of her car near Killeen, County Armagh. 26 February 1976: An off-duty UDR soldier, Joseph McCullough (aged 57), was stabbed to death by an IRA unit while arriving to his farm at Tullyvallen, near Newtownhamilton, County Armagh. 27 February 1976: A UVF member was shot dead by the IRA in a drive-by shooting in the Donegall Pass area of Belfast. 27 February 1976: Harold Blair (aged 51), a Protestant employee of the Northern Ireland Electricity Company was wounded when he triggered an IRA booby-trap bomb in a derelict house on Landseer Street, Belfast. An electricity meter-reader, Blair accidentally triggered the anti-handling device on a bomb hidden in the meter box. It is believed a British foot-patrol was the intended target. Blair died the following day, 28 February. 7 March 1976: The IRA launched six mortar rounds into Belfast International Airport, injuring an RUC member and damaging cars in a parking area and the arrival lounge door. There were no casualties. 10 March 1976: Former UDA spokesman Sammy Smyth was shot dead by the IRA on Alliance Avenue in Belfast. 13 March 1976: A former British soldier was shot dead on Alliance Avenue in Belfast. 18 March 1976: The IRA attacked a British base in the Creggan, Derry City, with nine mortars and sniper fire. 30 March 1976: A British soldier (Donald Traynor, aged 28) was killed by an IRA booby trap bomb at Orange Hall, Ballygargan, near Portadown, County Armagh. 31 March 1976: Three British soldiers (Roderick Bannon, aged 25; David Ferguson, aged 20; John Pearson, aged 23) were killed in a land mine attack on a British Army mobile patrol at Carrickgallogly