Ardiles fuel tanks were found in Lively island but donīt know the number of them. I think the down was closer to Darwin. One Pucara pilot (Lt Morales) saw it from Darwin. I have accounts from other Dagger pilots that day and it was not unsual to jettisson the two external wing tanks during the aproach and when closer to the target, the central belly tank. Happened in this way with Ardiles? Could the missile be that last drop tank? From 10 miles, the condensation trail of a still partially filled fuel tank can be confused with a missile, as Ward made. If the object followed or not an intelligence trajectory or only a ballistic one is something that witness have to tell.
Tony Penfold account also may be important. I think that read in somewhere that he attacked the Dagger when was going up after the launching.
Was HMS Glamorgan the air control ship that day? What did they see?
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