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16th June Canberra embarks a further 1,850 Argentine POWs in Port William outside Stanley;

Peter Blaker, Defence Minister of State, announces that the official count of British military and civilian war dead is 255, with approximately 300 wounded

17th June Galtieri resigns

18th June Canberra sails from Port William with 3,046 Argentine POWs aboard once Argentina guarantees her safe passage

Yes still more to come !!!

14th June By daylight Argentine troops are fleeing in disarray, by mid-morning white flags are flying in Stanley, and by noon the British have marched to the outskirts of Stanley;

Thatcher informs the Commons at 10.15pm UK time that the Argentines have surrendered;

General Mario Menendez surrenders to Major General Jeremy Moore at 9pm FI time;

9,800 Argentine troops put down their arms

15th June British officers are flown by helicopter to the outlying settlements to accept the surrender of local Argentine commanders;

Stanley's historic Globe Store is destroyed by an Argentine arsonist;

Canberra embarks 1,200 Argentine POWs at San Carlos

12th June 3 Para take Mount Longdon - another 6 paras and 50 Argentines die, including Sergeant Ian John McKay who is awarded a posthumous Victoria Cross;

42 Commando take Mount Harriet and 45 Commando take Two Sisters;

British destroyer Glamorgan badly damaged by land-launched exocet missile - 13 die;

5 Infantry Brigade moves into position

13th June Battle for Tumbledown, Wireless Ridge and Mount William - 15 Britons and 40 Argentines die

56 vehicles now booked on 8 last week!!, confirmation today regarding helicopter from RAF Shawbury on both days!

8th June Plymouth in Falkland Sound is hit by 4 Argentine bombs but none explode;

Sir Galahad and Sir Tristram are bombed at Fitzroy while the Welsh Guards are waiting to disembark - 51 die including 38 Welsh Guards and 55 are seriously wounded;

War cabinet asked not to reveal Fitzroy casualties;

Landing craft Foxtrot-4 sunk with British vehicles aboard;

3 Argentine skyhawks are shot down by sea harriers;

General Moore finalises battle plan for Stanley

10th June Falklands Appeal launched under patronage of Lord Shackleton;

Peru sends 10 mirage jets to Argentina to replenish losses

11th June Battle for Stanley begins on Mount Longdon, Mount Harriet and Two Sisters - 23 paras and 50 Argentines die;

Sergeant Ian McKay of 3 Para is killed on Mount Longdon and subsequently awarded Victoria Cross;

3 Islanders killed during British naval bombardment of Stanley;

Pope John Paul II visits Argentina and denounces all wars as 'unjust'

7th June A shortage of landing craft mean half the Welsh Guards land at Fitzroy in early morning but the rest return to San Carlos, which they leave again at night on board landing craft Sir Galahad and Sir Tristram;

President Reagan pays official visit to Britain

1st June 5 Infantry Brigade begins disembarkation at San Carlos;

War cabinet debate further peace proposals;

Britain repeats its ceasefire terms;

Updated Shackleton Report ordered

2nd June 2 Para reach Bluff Cove;

Argentine military envoys arrive in New York offering to surrender to the UN

3rd June Versailles summit opens;

Reagan's 5-point plan given to Britain

4th June Britain and US veto Panamanian-Spanish immediate ceasefire resolution in UN Security Council;

Spain criticises Britain's military action, becoming the only NATO country not to support Britain

2 Para occupy the undefended Bluff Cove and Fitzroy

5th June Scots Guards depart San Carlos at night on board Intrepid heading for Fitzroy

6th June Scots Guards land at Fitzroy in early morning;

Versailles summit supports British position on the conflict;

Welsh Guards depart San Carlos at night on board Fearless heading for Fitzroy

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31st May 42 Commando take Mount Kent and Mount Challenger;

19 men from the Royal Marines Mountain and Arctic Warfare Cadre capture Top Malo House after a firefight;

Reagan asks Thatcher not to inflict too serious a defeat on the Argentines

30th May 45 Commando take Douglas and 3 Para take Teal Inlet,

42 Commando advance on Mount Kent and Mount Challenger,

General Moore arrives at San Carlos.

29th May Argentines surrender Goose Green, British take 1,400 prisoners, and the Islanders imprisoned at Goose Green by the Argentines are released;

Organisation of American States condemns Britain's military action and calls on the US to stop helping Britain - only the US, Chile, Columbia and Trinidad & Tobago abstain

28th May 2 Para launch attack early in the morning, and by evening surround Goose Green - 17 British and 250 Argentines die;

Colonel H Jones is killed during the attack and subsequently awarded Victoria Cross;

5 Infantry Brigade trans-ship from QE2 to Norland and Canberra at South Georgia;

British shelling by air and sea of Stanley recommences and continues for the next 16 days

26th May War cabinet questions lack of movement out of bridgehead at San Carlos;

London makes the retaking of Goose Green a priority;

2 Para set out for Goose Green;

UN Security Council Resolution 505 instructs de Cuellar to seek negotiated settlement

27th May 45 Commando and 3 Para set out for Douglas and Teal Inlet;

SAS land in strength on Mount Kent;

Sea harriers attack Goose Green - one plane is shot down;

British forces furious when BBC World Service report 2 Para are advancing on Darwin but Argentine commander believes this is deliberate misinformation

Why did so many Argentine bombs fail to explode?

It was all down to the guys arming the aircraft back in Argentina setting the bomb fuses to arm within 100/120 metres once released from the aircraft, as you can see on the footage at SanCarlos bay (check out youtube) the Argentine pilots were getting carried away and coming in and releasing the bombs to late hence the bobmbs were'nt being fused!!

24th May Antelope explodes and sinks when a bomb disposal officer attempts to defuse the bomb;

Landing craft Sir Galahad and Sir Lancelot hit by Argentine bombs which fail to explode while Sir Bedivere is damaged by a bomb exploding in water nearby;

7 Argentine aircraft are shot down

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I,m popping up as a visitor on the sunday will come over and say high and hassle people about our Military vehicle show at Oswestry, Shropshire.......June 30th/1st July...........

23rd May British frigate Antelope hit by Argentine bomb which fails to explode - 1 crewman dies;

10 Argentine aircraft are shot down

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19th May War cabinet gives Admiral Woodward the go ahead for landing plan;

British sea king helicopter crashes with the loss of its crew and 19 Special Forces personnel

20th May de Cuellar admits failure of UN peace talks;

Thatcher accuses Argentina of 'obduracy and delay, deception and bad faith', tells Commons of collapse of peace process, and orders task force into battle;

RMS St. Helena requisitioned by the Task Force - 19 Saint Helenian sailors volunteer to serve aboard alongside naval personnel, and after the end of the War she stays in the Islands as a minesweeper

21st May San Carlos landings begin, codenamed Operation Sutton;

British frigate Ardent sunk in San Carlos Water by air attack - 22 die;

Argonaut and Antrim hit by Argentine bombs which fail to explode - 2 die;

2 British helicopters and 15 Argentine aircraft are shot down;

Open debate commences at UN Security Council

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18th May Landing force rendezvous with Admiral Woodward's task group;

San Carlos landing plan put to full cabinet;

Argentine junta rejects British peace proposals

17th May British peace proposals transmitted to Argentina;

Helicopter from Invincible lands SAS team in Argentina but they fail to destroy Argentine military aircraft at the Rio Grande base

Welcome on board, will see you at the show in Oswestry

Here's one of the FMA Pucara's captured at the end of the Falklands War. It is now on display at the North East Aircraft Museum, and the bullet holes are still there to see.

 

 

 

It looks in very good condition, is it permanantly kept outside?, will have to come up for a look around