From what I can remember of reading his book it was an even more select group than that. It was just the Sea Harriers from his own Squadron. I recall him frequently lambasting the guys on Hermes who were clearly not as good as his own unit.
I remember finding it slightly strange that, considering Sharkey won the war single handedly, he merited no mention whatsoever in Max Hastings' (a reasonably well respected journalist) book about the Falklands.
Clearly very misunderstood.
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