APPENDIX F

CHRONOLOGY OF BRITISH AIRCRAFT LOSSES

22 April

‘C’ Flight 845 NAS Wessex HU5s XT464 and XT473. Crashed on Fortuna Glacier, South Georgia, in bad weather.

23 April

846 NAS Sea King HC4 ZA311. Crashed in South Atlantic in bad weather.

4 May

800 NAS Sea Harrier FRS1 XZ450. Shot down at Goose Green by AAA.

6 May

801 NAS Sea Harrier FRS1s XZ452 and XZ453. Missing (probably collided) during CAP south-east of East Falkland.

12 May

826 NAS Sea King HAS5 ZA132. Crashed in sea east of the Falklands due to engine failure.

18 May

826 NAS Sea King HAS5 XZ573. Crashed in sea east of the Falklands due to altimeter failure.

19 May

846 NAS Sea King HC4 ZA290. Force-landed near Punta Arenas, Chile; destroyed by its crew while on a special operation.

846 NAS Sea King HC4 ZA294. Crashed in sea east of the Falklands, probably due to a bird strike.

21 May

‘C’ Flight 3 CBAS Gazelle AH1s XX402 and XX411. Shot down near Port San Carlos by small arms fire.

1 Squadron Harrier GR3 XZ972. Shot down near Port Howard by Blowpipe.

815 NAS Lynx HAS2 XZ251. Lost when Ardent bombed and sunk in Falkland Sound.

23 May

800 NAS Sea Harrier FRS1 ZA192. Crashed into sea after take-off at night from Hermes.

25 May

815 NAS Lynx HAS2 XZ242. Lost when Coventry was bombed and sunk north of Pebble Island.

815 NAS Lynx HAS2 XZ700, ‘D’ Flight 848 Squadron Wessex HU5s XS480, XS495, XS499, XS512, XT476 and XT483; 18 Squadron Chinook HC1s ZA706, ZA716 and ZA719. Lost when Atlantic Conveyor was hit and sunk by an Exocet missile north-east of the Falklands.

27 May

1 Squadron Harrier GR3 XZ988. Shot down near Goose Green by AAA.

28 May

‘B’ Flt 3 CBAS Scout AH1 XT629. Shot down near Goose Green by Pucara.

29 May

801 NAS Sea Harrier FRS1 ZA174. Fell into sea from deck of Invincible during rough weather.

30 May

1 Squadron Harrier GR3 XZ963. Damaged near Stanley by small arms fire and abandoned off Falklands.

1 June

801 NAS Sea Harrier FRS1 XZ456. Shot down at sea off Stanley by Roland.

6 June

Army Air Corps Gazelle AH1 XX377. Shot down near Mount Pleasant Peak by Sea Dart fired by Cardiff.

8 June

1 Squadron Harrier GR3 XZ989. Crashed on landing at Port San Carlos FOB due to engine failure.

12 June

737 NAS Wessex HAS3 XM837. Destroyed by Exocet missile that hit the hangar of Glamorgan off Stanley.