Originally Posted by
Marcantilan
[img]Has Argentina claimed the kill yet ? Sorry - did I say that out loud[/img]
That was very interesting. A friend of mine is just writing a book about HMS Hermes and the desinformation war. It looks like that, on certain point, the Argentine Air Force was pretty convinced Hermes was hit.
In fact, even the FCO challenged the MoD asking if that was true!
But...
Regards!
If memory serves, this picture shows the death of the First Argentine pilot killed by the British and what was told to the next of kin. Did the true story involve a Pucara....Yes. Did it involve HMS Hermes....Yes. Did the two platforms get a sighting of each other....Humm NO they were about 100 miles apart at least and both were on the surface. However a SHAR from Hermes did drop a CBU on said Pucara as it was starting engines during the first air attack on Goose Green Airfield on 1st May 82. Killed the Pilot and a number of ground crew.