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which provided navigation information. One of the Daggers subsequently returned to base due to refueling issues. The attacking aircraft were preceded by four IAI Dagger fighters which took off from RĂ­o Grande airbase to carry out a decoy mission over the north of the islands in order to draw away the
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s captain to request permission to postpone the mission for the following night, but the only concession he was given was to debark the Welsh Guards at Fitz Roy, before daylight made direct landing at Bluff Cove too risky. Once at destination, the troops faced to options; either marching the 12 miles
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while Arrarás was shot down by Morgan's wingman, Lieutenant David Smith. The fourth aircraft, which was flown by First Lieutenant Héctor Sánchez, suffered combat damage and lost a large amount of fuel, but returned to the mainland assisted by a
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turned out to have been a complete whitewash, by saying it was necessary to open up a southern flank. Actually the opposite is true by 180 degrees. But that remains in the public record today."
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on 21 June; but her sister ship survived to be re-built post-war. American author Robert Bolia blames the disaster on the use of large LST ships instead of LCUs and other small vessels.
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television cameras recorded images of Royal Navy helicopters hovering in thick smoke to winch survivors from the burning landing ships. These images were seen around the world. General
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was already on scene and responded; three Skyhawks were shot down and their pilots, First Lieutenant Danilo Bolzan, Lieutenant Juan Arrarás, and Ensign Alfredo Vazquez were killed.
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On 8 June, with the transfer of troops to the LCU at Fitz Roy still underway, the British ships became the target of two waves of Douglas A-4 Skyhawk attack aircraft from the
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Brian Johnston, Sergeant R. J. Rotherham, Marine R. D. Griffin, Marine A. J. Rundle, Royal Navy MEA A. S. James and LMEM D. Miller. However, this time the Sea Harrier
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A total of 56 British servicemen were killed, and 150 wounded. The incident marked the greatest loss of life among British forces in a single incident since
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A memorial for the British servicemen killed in the attack was erected at Fitzroy, along with a separate memorial to the ships' crew who lost their lives.
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broadcast interference signals to jam the frequencies used by the Royal Navy's air controllers directing Sea Harrier operations. The nuclear submarine
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to Bluff Cove on foot or wait until being put on board one of the LCUs, now at the ready. It was eventually decided to ferry the regiment by sea.
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was not an option as this should have demanded a strong escort, the only alternative was to transport the regiment aboard
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fighters and allow the Skyhawks and Daggers to carry out their attacks unmolested, while the Argentine destroyer
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after they spotted the ships from their position on Mount Harriet. The fighters departed from
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Aerial bombing of British ships by the Argentine Air Force during the Falklands War (1982)
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has described the official investigation as a whitewash. In the TV documentary
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design. The airstrikes had been called in by Argentine commandos of
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was damaged beyond repair and scuttled with torpedoes by submarine
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there was only one British heavy-lift helicopter available, an RAF
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killed two crewmen, both of them also Hong Kong Chinese sailors.
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were bolstered by the arrival of 5,000 new troops of the
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airbase, which at the time was monitored by the British
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Bolzan and Vazquez were shot down by Flight Lieutenant
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by the package leader, First Lieutenant Carlos CachĂłn.
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fighters simultaneously took off from the airbase at
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to support them. After the sinking of the transport
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British ground attack on Stanley delayed by two days
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Index

Bluff Cove Air Attacks
Falklands War
RFA Sir Tristram after the Argentine air attack
RFA Sir Tristram
Falkland Islands
51°47′57″S 58°13′08″W / 51.79917°S 58.21889°W / -51.79917; -58.21889
United Kingdom
Argentina
United Kingdom
Jeremy Moore
United Kingdom
Michael Clapp
United Kingdom
Julian Thompson
United Kingdom
Tony Wilson
Argentina
Ernesto Crespo
Argentina
Mario Menendez
Argentina
Juan Lombardo
Bluff Cove air attacks is located in Falkland Islands
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Falklands War
Operation Rosario
South Georgia

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