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Old 25th Dec 2009, 12:37
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Edmund Spencer
 
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I think I can clear up something here, albeit a small point.
According to Raul Diaz, Maj Puga shouted "Oro 3 has been hit by a missile!"
He had looked across the formation to his left and seen Lt Castillo hit by Andy Auld's first sidewinder.
Actually, he was Oro 3 and Castillo was Oro 2!
This caused a moment of confusion and Raul then looked towards Maj Puga only to see Andy Auld's second sidewinder about to hit him. He shouted to him to eject but was too late and saw no reaction from Puga whose Mirage exploded and was engulfed in flames right up to the cockpit.
I doubt Puga would have had the time to transmit that he had been hit. Indeed his last transmission was probably that he had seen Castillo hit.
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