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| Date: | Sunday 9 May 1982 |
| Time: | 16:03 |
| Type: |  Aérospatiale SA 330L Puma |
| Owner/operator: | Aviación del Ejército Argentino |
| Registration: | AE-505 |
| MSN: | 1554 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Choiseul Sound -
 Falkland Islands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Mount Kent |
Crewed by Teniente Juan Carlos Buschiazzo, Teniente Primero Roberto Mario Fiorito, Sargento Horacio Raul Dimotta.
Took off on SAR mission responding to a distress call from Argentine intelligence gathering ship Narwal, which had been attacked and boarded earlier in the day by British forces. Shot down by Sea Dart missile fired from HMS Coventry. First confirmed kill for this missile system.
Sources:
https://www.hmscoventry.co.uk/d118/falklands/
scramble.nl
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Mar-2010 11:26 | TB | Added |
| 03-Mar-2010 23:24 | TB | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Narrative, ] |
| 11-Feb-2018 20:31 | TB | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 22-May-2025 16:52 | DamienBurke | Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
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