During one of the YPA's attacks on the Zečevo artillery battery, Croatian soldier Goran Pauk, a member of the 113th brigade, currently prefect of the Šibenik-Knin county (2019), shot-down the first Soko J-21 Jastreb using a 20mm M55 anti-aircraft cannon. The second plane was shot using a 9K32 Strela-2 by Croatian soldier Neven Livajić. The man yelling "Oba dva! Oba dva!" ("Both of them! Both of them!") is Filip Gaćina, he was in charge of reloading the cannon used by Goran Pauk whilst the footage was recorded by Ivica Bilan. The footage was shown on HRT the same day (largest broadcaster in Croatia) and it was a huge morale booster at the time because it broke the myth of the invincible YPA.
Filip Gaćina (man yelling) survived the war but was killed on the 19th of September 1998 whilst part of a mine clearance squad.
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