More Navy sniping
Lt Cdr 'Sharkey' Ward made similar accusations in his book 'Sea Harrier Over the Falklands - A Maverick at war. Non the less an entertaining read. Slightly lost credibility when describing post conflict 'Cravatted RAF Hercules Pilots from Brize-Norton' [sic] looking for red ink entrys to thier logbooks. (Or whatever colour ink you use on active service)
Never ceases to amaze me the level of back-biting that arises from such excursions. The RN, certainly of that era, appear to be crab haters, who blamed anyone in light blue for the demise of the carrier fleet, the British Empire and possibly the Boer war. It follows that the Jet boys always get the TV coverage, fact of life - get over it.
I am personally of the opinion that the Black Buck raids were of limited military value, but they made great headlines and were a great boost to the morale of people sat at various stations (RAF & RN) in the UK, watching the news unfold daily, with anxiety.