Who Fired That Shot!!
I didn't know the precise location of Sharkey Ward and Steve Thomas during this action. Only that they were on CAP down to the south east of us. (I think.)
My whereabouts obviously came as a complete surprise to Sharkey evidenced by his exclamation on the radio "Who fired that shot?!"
Whether or not he could have got into a firing position against Hector, I have my doubts. I was flying in excess of 600 kts and fired a very rangey shot at Bolzan. Assuming Sharkey would have been behind me on completion of his intercept, I very much doubt he would have been in weapon range let alone visual.
On another but related subject, I understand Major Luis Puga has expressed a desire to communicate with Andy Auld. I quote:
As I understand that Auld is the one who shot me down, I want to re-live in a positive way what happened on that May 24th, 1982 at 11:08 am.
Seems like Andy is a sought after person. If anyone could PM a contact I would much appreciate.
ES