I did not know about the 130 incident at Mildenhall in the 1960's, a few years before my time. I am sure that the British (or indeed any) government would be unlikely to admit that they had shot down an airliner.
Well a USAF C-130 isn't really an airliner, and if it
was shot down it was done by the USAF.
Was discussed on the
Hercules Board a while back.