Edmund and Al R, thanks for the welcome.
About the fourth Dagger, there is a testimony of this mission in spanish, written by him in one of captain Carballoīs book (the most famous argentienan A-4B pilot). I think it was "Dios y los Halcones" or "Halcones sobre Malvinas". Carballoīs book are plenty of first hand accounts principally from pilots just after the war finished, so they have a real historic interest.
1st Lt Callejo was a lucky man that day. He survived a Bomb Alley fly, then a second encounter with the most lethal SAM combination (Sea Dart from T-42+ Sea Wolf from T-22), and third, and unknown for him cause didnīt see you, a Sea Harrier pursuit. He was a solitary shooter. In his first mission on may 21 he was number 3 of Laucha flight. His two fellows attacked Ardent while he faced HMS Brilliant alone hitting her with cannon fire and a near miss bomb, avoiding a Sea Wolf from HMS Broadsword. He succesfully returned home. This flight is very famous cause Sharkey Ward was listening HMS Brilliant air controller when was hit by Callejo. The second flight from San Julian air base, just a minute later than Laucha, was then intercepted by Ward/Thomas, downing all three planes.
A similar situation happened on 24th May. The flight just after him from the same base (Oro) was intercepted by you, while they (Plata) could attack. Callejo attacked alone again. This time, an orange fuel tank in land. While his two fellows went for HMS Arrow. They scape for another route while Callejo decided to look for a north way to home.
It would be pretty you to contact him cause Iīme sure none knows about this Iīve told you as Callejo never saw any Sea Harrier and you never identified the fourth Dagger. In my opinion Callejo is one of the most brilliant argentinean pilots and simultaneously one of the most unknown one. 21st may HMS Brilliant attack has always been erroniously pointed to other Dagger flight while his dangerous mission on 24th may is also little known.
I checked time needed to fly from San Carlos entrance (where his testimony says he listened Oro advice), get into the north bay, turn left towards Dolphin Cape and the towards west, cross the sound and being over Pebble island and think can be made in one minute flying almost supersonically, as Dagger made. So if he heard the moment in which Castillo warned firstly his fellows about Sea Harriers and then you spent some seconds (half a minute perhaps?) to shoot the last AIM-9L, then itīs possible you would spend the other seconds until you found the fourth Dagger.
Regards
Last edited by jualbo; 25th Nov 2008 at 12:11.