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Date: | Friday 28 May 1982 |
Time: | |
Type: | Westland Scout AH.1 |
Owner/operator: | 3 CBAS AAC |
Registration: | XT629 |
MSN: | F9635 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | 1 mile SE of Camilla Creek, East Falkland -
Falkland Islands
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Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Shot down by Teniente Miguel Giminez in his FMA IA 58A Pucará (A-537). The Pucará crashed in poor visibility shortly afterwards. It was was actually the only Argentine air-air kill of the war
The Pilot, Lt Nunn RM was sadly killed but his Air Gunner, although injured survived, albeit losing a leg in the incident.
Sources:
http://westlandscout.com/scoutwrecks1.aspx https://www.arrse.co.uk/community/showthread.php?t=10253
[LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.656squadron.org/Recollections/FalklandsOther.html]
Falklands: The Air War' by Rodney Burden, Michael Draper, Douglas Rough, Colin Smith and David Wilton (ISBN 0-85368-842-7).
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
06-Feb-2010 08:30 |
harro |
Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Source, Narrative] |
02-Nov-2011 17:39 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
16-Feb-2012 03:31 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |