How many of the Falklands War Argentinian ejectees were rescued?
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I happened quite coincidentally to have viewed a 50min program only just last week on the "Mysteries of the Falklands Is war" and saw the footage shown in this link:
Argentine A4 Skyhawks attacking HMS Antelope during the Falklands War : CombatFootage
For me, the juxtaposition of the enemy jet activity in the back ground with, was it the QE2?, in the foreground, is something quite surreal.
While there's been no end of combat footage freely available these days including 'live' loss of aircraft especially WWII, there is something about the destruction of the Argentine Air Force A-4 at about the 1:00 min mark of this footage that left me utterly stunned.
As a pilot, to see the aircraft go from free controlled flight to oblivion in two frames was a shocking indication of reality, regardless of the nationality. I am sorry the pilot was not left in a position to be recovered.
Argentine A4 Skyhawks attacking HMS Antelope during the Falklands War : CombatFootage
For me, the juxtaposition of the enemy jet activity in the back ground with, was it the QE2?, in the foreground, is something quite surreal.
While there's been no end of combat footage freely available these days including 'live' loss of aircraft especially WWII, there is something about the destruction of the Argentine Air Force A-4 at about the 1:00 min mark of this footage that left me utterly stunned.
As a pilot, to see the aircraft go from free controlled flight to oblivion in two frames was a shocking indication of reality, regardless of the nationality. I am sorry the pilot was not left in a position to be recovered.
