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800 NAS Sea Harrier FRS1 in low-visibility paint scheme.. This is a list of the units, aircraft and casualties of the British air services in the Falklands War.The numbers in bold are the number of aircraft used in the war, the numbers in brackets are the number of lost aircraft.
Sea Harrier FRS1 XZ452 Lost at sea due to presumed collision with XZ453 in poor visibility while on combat air patrol from HMS Invincible of the Falklands task force, Lieutenant Commander E. John Eyton-Jones missing and presumed killed. [89] [98] 6 May 1982 801 Naval Air Squadron: Sea Harrier FRS1 XZ453
Sea Harrier CAPs: 50–60 fighters 62 ground troops: Casualties and losses ... Argentine commandos of the 601 Commando Company shot down a GR.3 Harrier on a ...
The Sea Harrier served in the Falklands War and the Balkans conflicts; on all occasions it mainly operated from aircraft carriers positioned within the conflict zone. Its usage in the Falklands War was its most high profile and important success, when it was the only fixed-wing fighter available to protect the British Task Force.
Falkland Islands civilians – 3 women killed by British shelling. 174 were buried at sea, or lost with their aircraft/ships and their remains not recovered. These are controlled sites under the Protection of Military Remains Act. HMS Invincible – 1; HMS Sheffield –20; Sea King –1+22; HMS Ardent – 22; Sea Harrier – 3; HMS Argonaut ...
800 Naval Air Squadron (12 BAE Sea Harriers, including 7 absorbed from 899 training squadron and trials) Lt Commander A.D. Auld; part 809 Naval Air Squadron (4 BAE Sea Harriers absorbed into 800 Squadron) part No. 1 Squadron RAF (8 Hawker Siddeley Harrier GR.3) 825 Naval Air Squadron (4 Sea Kings HAS.2; formed from 706 training sqn) [3]
800 NAS – 15 Sea Harrier FRS.1; 826 NAS – 5 Sea King HAS.5; 846 NAS – 5 Sea King HC.4; No. 1 Squadron RAF – 6 Harrier GR.3; The aircraft carrier was carrying 16 nuclear depth bombs as part of her standard armament when she deployed for the Falklands, and was one of several Royal Navy warships so equipped during the war. The weapons were ...
The Bluff Cove air attacks occurred 8 June 1982, during the Falklands War. British troop transport ships were bombed by Argentine Air Force (FAA) Douglas A-4 Skyhawk fighter bombers at Port Pleasant, off Fitz Roy, while transferring troops to Bluff Cove, with significant damage and casualties.