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Falklands: 1982
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ARGENTINE AIR LOSSES IN THE FALKLANDS
ABOVE:
An abandoned
Pucara ground
attack fighter
after the
Falklands War.
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Falklands: 1982
A FLAMING METEOR
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Falklands: 1982
ABOVE:
Teniente
de Fragata
Daniel
Miguel.
BELOW:
Fuselage
panel from
Tte. Miguels
Aermachi
which
crashed at
Goose Green
and marked
with the word
Armada
or Navy, in
Spanish.
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Falklands: 1982
TOP LEFT:
Wreckage of
Pucara A-531
at Flats Shanty
today.
TOP RIGHT: A
sub-contractors
airframe label
bearing the
construction
number 031,
the build
number of
Pucara A-531
ABOVE: Former
Royal Marine,
Rick Strange,
re-visits the
scene of
Miguels crash.
Strange was
the Blowpipe
missile
operator
who was
responsible for
downing the
Aermacchi.
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Falklands: 1982
DECIMATED BY HMS
BRILLIANT
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Falklands: 1982
ABOVE:
Premier
Teniente
Fausto
Gavazzi of
Grupo 5 de
Caza.
BELOW
LEFT:
Today, that
same wing
roundel
is in a
UK-based
private
collection.
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Falklands: 1982
BELOW &
BOTTOM
MIDDLE:
Wreckage
of Gavazzis
Douglas
Skyhawk
C-248, pictured
recently.
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Falklands: 1982
TOP:
The ships
bells from HMS
Brilliant and
HMS Glasgow,
both involved
in the action on
12 May 1982.
ABOVE:
Wreckage
of Premier
Teniente
Velascos
Skyhawk,
C-215, near
Port Howard.
SCARS ON THE
LANDSCAPE
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Falklands: 1982
RIGHT:
The cockpit
canopy of
Velascos
C-215.
BELOW: The
cockpit side of
C-215, bearing
the aircraft
number.
BELOW LEFT:
Tail section
of Velascos
Skyhawk
pictured today.
BELOW:
C-215 Grupo 5
badge from the
fuselage.
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