Originally Posted by
ex-fast-jets
At the risk of being boring............
Jerry Pook and Mark Hare actually straffed and killed a Chinook and Puma in the vicinity of Mt Kent early on - and they haven't made a great fuss of having done so!
Though to be fair Jerry Pook does give a fairly detailed account in his book including his missing with CBUs and Mark Hare's continuing the action with CBUs that had failed to drop. Mark Hare's aircraft also took small arms hits. It concludes with the usual frosty reception from LM on Hermes due to a disagreement over the advisability of five passes. They also caused damage to the rotors of the Huey the escaped - it was later repaired.
I would definitely add Jerry Pook's book to
dagenham's list for another perspective on flying down among the lead and MANPADS from a ship whose Captain clearly wished they weren't there (As Peter Squire was warned on the day they arrived by Hermes' Commander.)