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Old 6th Aug 2021, 15:34
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Richard Dangle
 
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A story I found whilst looking up the subject, and a fatality of which I was unaware. RIP.
Others will know way better than me ORAC, but I believe that to be the only RAF casualty of the Falklands War, a forward air controller, and whose loss, and the the way the RAF filled the gap, had a rippling effect throughout the service leading to some very far reaching consequences, which ended up affecting all of us who served at that time.

A memorial to the guy who I believe replaced Flt Lt Hawkins can be found just a few miles from where I type this. His story has always been of considerable interest to me, but I leave it to others, better informed than me, to fill the gaps if they so wish.
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