Air combat fighter claims over the Falklands
Royal Air Force and Fleet Air Arm
Date and pilot name, Aircraft Destroyed, Armament Used
May 1:
F/Lt Paul Barton, RAF, Mirage, Sidewinder
Lt Steve Thomas, Mirage, Sidewinder
F/Lt Tony Penfold, Dagger, Sidewinder
Lt Al Curtiss, Canberra, Sidewinder
May 21:
Lt Cdr Ward, Pucara, 30mm Cannon
Lt Cdr Mike Blissett, Skyhawk, Sidewinder
Lt Cdr Neil Thomas, Skyhawk, Sidewinder
Lt Cdr Fred Frederiksen, Dagger, Sidewinder
Lt Steve Thomas, 2 Daggers, Sidewinder
Lt Cdr Ward, Dagger, Sidewinder
Lt Clive Morell, Skyhawk, Sidewinder
F/Lt John Leeming, Skyhawk, 30mm Cannon
Lt Clive Morell, Skyhawk, Sidewinder
May 23:
Lt Martin Hale, Dagger, Sidewinder
May 24:
Lt Cdr Andy Auld, 2 Daggers, Sidewinder
Lt David Smith, Dagger, Sidewinder
June 1:
Lt Cdr Ward, Hercules, Sidewinder and 30mm
June 8:
F/Lt David Morgan, 2 Skyhawks, Sidewinder
Lt David Smith, Skyhawk, Sidewinder
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Now, there is some good information.
I've never heard of any Argentine claims to any air-to-air kills, until today, and I've searched everywhere. Unless you've got some links and leads to back those claims up, then I can probably safely say they never happened and was just Argentine propaganda, some of the many that was floating around at the time.
It's like the 1982 Lebanon conflict, Israeli pilots claimed 87 without loss in air to air combat, however, the Syrians and Soviets claimed 21 kills with 67 IAF F-15's and F-16's downed. But we all know the Israelis didn't lose anything in air-to-air combat.
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