2005

". . . In 1982 I served onboard HMS INTREPID and spent most of my time in the Falklands in San Carlos, on the 27th May that year I opened fire on two A4 Skyhawks hitting one of them and for 25 years believing I had killed that pilot.

Last year 2007 I was watching a documentary about the Falklands and noticed that the pilot I had shot down and thought I had killed was still alive, I have traced the pilot, his name is Valasco, we have exchanged many e-mails and he has confirmed to me that HMS FEARLESS could not have hit him as previously thought, as we were the sister ship to Fearless i believe it was mistaken as them when really it was us who hit him!

I spent Friday last week sat with my old Captain, Rear Admiral Dingemans and he once again confirmed to me that it was Intrepid who shot the A4 down."

Date	Air Force	A'cft	Unit / Serial	based	crashed	crew	photo	seat
5th January 1982	USN	TA‑4J	158076 B 2	VT‑22 NAS Kingsville, TX, USA	crashed near NAS	ejected		Escapac
5th January 1982	USN	TA‑4J	158076 B 2	VT‑22 NAS Kingsville, TX, USA	crashed near NAS	ejected		Escapac
7th January 1982	RAF	Hawk T1	XX344	RAE	Lost control in the slipstream of Britannia aircraft on approach to Bedford	pilot Flt. Lt. P. Bennett ejected injured		Martin-Baker
7th January 1982	RAF	Hawk T1	XX344	RAE		navigator stayed with the aircraft injured
20th January 1982	USN	F-18 Hornet				Lt. Cdr. T. S. Heath		Martin-Baker
20th January 1982	IDF/AF	F-16A Block 10C	266 80-0650	253 sqn	Collided with F-16 (80-0657, 276)	Ilan Ramon, ejected		ACES II
21st January 1982	USN	TA‑7C	AD	VA‑174 NAS El Centro, CA, USA	landed short of runway	pilot ejected safely		Escapac
22nd January 1982	USN	EA-6B Prowler	160708 NF 604	VAQ‑136	caught fire nr Clark AB, Philippines	Lt. Cdr. R. Pinnell		Martin-Baker
						Lt. M. Rickenbacker ejected safely		Martin-Baker
						Lt. Cdr. J. Powell ejected safely		Martin-Baker
						Lt. T. Wood ejected safely		Martin-Baker
26th January 1982	USA	Grumman OV-1D Mohawk	Sn. 67-18920		crashed in Georgia, USA	Mr. Lindsay ejected safely		Martin-Baker
26th January 1982	During a two engine approach at an airspeed of approx. 104 kts the left engine failed from an unknown cause. The aircraft began rolling to the left. Power was reduced on the right hand engine to stop the left roll. The IP commanded the RSP to eject then he, the IP, ejected. The RSP did not attempt to eject and was killed when the aircraft struck the ground in a near vertical dive. The IP, Mr. Lindsay, was severely injured and transported to hospital and then transferred by the Medical Center for treatment.
27th January 1982	USAF	F‑16A	79‑0318 HL	388th TFW	flight control system failure just SW of Luke AFB, AZ, USA	pilot ejected safely		ACES II
27th January 1982	USAF	F‑111D	68‑0110 OC	27th TFW	engine fire after take‑off nr Woodlin, CA, USA	2 crew ejected safely		Capsule

Date	Air Force	A'cft	Unit / Serial	based	crashed	crew	seat	photo
4th February 1982	USMC	A-6 Intruder	155612 ED	VMA(AW)‑533	Crashed after take‑off into sea 6 NM off lwakuni MICAS, Japan	Lt. Col. W. D. Carr		Martin-Baker
						Col. K. C. Bateman		Martin-Baker
6th February 1982	USN	F-14 Tomcat				Lt. T. J. Davis		Martin-Baker
						Lt. G. Gayax		Martin-Baker
10th February 1982	Indian A. F.	HF-24 Marut				Flg. Off. S. Mohan		Martin-Baker
11th February 1982	Classified	NFD						Martin-Baker
12th February 1982	USMC	A-6 Intruder				Capt. J. E. Bull		Martin-Baker
						1st Lt. T. J. Spegle		Martin-Baker
25th February 1982	RAF	Canberra B.2	WK116/CE	100 Sqn	Crashed into the aircraft stalled on a climb out from Akrotirir, Cyprus. Mediterranean Sea	Flt. Lt. M. S. McGeown		Martin-Baker
						Flt. Lt. T. J. B.Tucker		Martin-Baker
26th February 1982	Kenya	Hawk				Capt. Kundu		Martin-Baker
						Capt. Ndeti		Martin-Baker
28th February 1982	Ger AF	F-104				O.Lt. D. Kall		Martin-Baker

Date	Air Force	A'cft	Unit / Serial	based	crashed	crew	photo	seat
3rd March 1982	Iraq	Mirage				Major Ryad		Martin-Baker
3rd March 1982	USAF	F-4 Phantom II				Major R. L. Myer		Martin-Baker
6th March 1982	USN	F-14A Tomcat	159599 AG 111	VF‑143 USS Eisenhower	Cable broke during landing and aircraft went overboard into Mediterranean off Sardinia, Italy	Lt. Kandalec		Martin-Baker
6th March 1982	USN	F-14A Tomcat	159599 AG 111	VF‑143 USS Eisenhower		Lt. Spilman		Martin-Baker
15th March 1982	Classified	NFD						Martin-Baker
15th March 1982	Tunis	MB326				ejected		Martin-Baker
15th March 1982	Tunis	MB326				ejected		Martin-Baker
15th March 1982	Tunis	MB326				ejected		Martin-Baker
16th March 1982	Pak	SY.F6				P.O F. H. Sikander		Martin-Baker
17th March 1982	RAF	Hunter T12	XE531	RAE	Crashed on take off from Farnborough, Hants after the engine exploded	Flt. Lt. Rod Sean		Martin-Baker
17th March 1982	RAF	Hunter T12	XE531	RAE		Mr. John Leng		Martin-Baker
19th March 1982	USAF	F-4 Phantom				Major W. L Miller		Martin-Baker
19th March 1982	USAF	F-4 Phantom				Capt. M. A.Christiansen		Martin-Baker
22nd March 1982	USAF	A‑10A	80‑0148 WR	81st TFW RAF Bentwaters	engines stalled, nr Herford, West Germany	1Lt Jim Preston ejected safely		ACES II
31st March 1982	USMC	F-4N Phantom	151513 EC 14	VMFA‑531	Lost control during ACM, crashed into Pacific off California, CA, USA
						1.Lt. J. W. Williams		Martin-Baker
						1.Lt. M. J. Flood		Martin-Baker

April
Date	Air Force	A'cft	Unit / Serial	based	crashed	crew	photo	seat
1st April 1982	Italian Air Force	F-104 Starfighter	MM 6572 6-24	154°Gruppo CBOT Ghedi A/B	Hit electrical cables at low level	Maj Rocchelli, ejected
5th April 1982	USAF	F-4 Phantom				Capt. R. W. Bundschub
5th April 1982	USAF	F-4 Phantom				Capt. W.C. Welde
6th April 1982	USAF	F‑15C	78‑0524 ZZ y	18th TFW	Fuel leak. 40 NM NW of Kadena AB, Okinawa, Japan	pilot ejected safely		ACES II
7th April 1982	Pak	SY.F6				P.O Bilal		Martin-Baker
7th April 1982	Singapore Air Force	Skyhawk			Engine failure. Crashed near Williamtown N.S.W	Lt. Jaspal Singh ejected safely		Escapac
12th April 1982	USAF	F‑16A	78‑0016 HL	388th TFW	Lost control and crashed during attempted emergency landing. Michael AAF, Dugway range, UT, USA	pilot ejected safely		ACES II
14th April 1982	RAF	Phantom FGR.2	XT912/F	228 OCU Coningsby, Lincs	collided with the underside of Phantom FGR.2 XT903/X. Crashed near Billingham. XT903 landed safely	Sqn. Ldr. George ejected
14th April 1982	RAF	Phantom FGR.2	XT912/F	228 OCU Coningsby, Lincs		Sqn. Ldr. Slocum ejected
14th April 1982	Fr AF	Mirage III E			Engine failure just after take off from Solenzara AFB. Three cows killed	Lt.COL Michel Courteille ejected safely and managed to be back on the base within minutes		Martin-Baker
14th April 1982	Civ	Alpha				CAPT. C. Sirot		Martin-Baker
19th April 1982	USN	A-7E Corsair II	156842 AB 3	VA‑46 NAS Cecil Field	on approach to NAS Cecil Field. FL, USA	pilot ejected safely		Escapac
19th April 1982	Crashed into a residential area of Jacksonville, Florida. The aircraft was inbound to NAS Cecil Field from Puerto Rico when the engine lost power. The pilot attempted to steer clear of the town but was forced to eject at 1,000ft. The Corsair demolished one house, injuring three people.
19th April 1982	West German Air Force	Alpha Jet A	40+55	Jagdbombergeschwader 49 Furstenfeldbruck	collision with another Alpha Jet, other Alpha jet landed at Neuberg with slight damage	MAJOR Hans VINNEMEIER ejected safely		Stencel
21st April 1982	Ger AF	F-104				HPT P. Heidmann		Martin-Baker
22nd April 1982	Ind AF	Hunter				P.O A. Yadav		Martin-Baker
22nd April 1982	RAF	Jet Provost T4	XP564	1TWU	Throttle linkage failed. Crashed near Nant‑Y‑Moch Reservoir
						Flight Lieutenant D M McIntyre ejected	Commander Arun Prakash ejected
						Commander Prakash also had baled out of Vampire FB 52 in 1967
26th April 1982	French Air Force	Jaguar			Hit a car near Bordeaux when it crashed	ASP Wurtz ejected		Martin-Baker
27th April 1982	DDR	MiG‑21 SPS‑K	6810 999	JG‑2	Technical problems in take-off. Crashed Woggersin, Germany	Ltn Jurgen Somnitz ejected		KM-1

May
Date	Air Force	A'cft	Unit / Serial	based	crashed	crew	seat	photo
01-May-82	FAA	Mirage IIIEA	I-015		shot down by AIM-9L fired from RN Sea Harrier,	Primer Ten. Carlos Perona ejected safely. First aircraft to be shot down in the Falklands War!
01-May-82	FAA	Canberra B.62		Grupo 2	shot down north of Falklands			Martin-Baker
						Lt. Ibanez ejected - not recovered	Lt. Gonzalez ejected - not recovered	Martin-Baker
4th May 1982	USAF	F-16A Fighting Falcon	79‑0390 NA	474th Tactical Fighter Wing Nellis-based F-16 was operating on temporary detachment to RAF Bentwaters	main fuel pump failed causing engine failure during postmaintenance check Crashed nr Beccles Suffolk, England	pilot ejected safely.		ACES II
5th May 1982	Indian A. F.	HF-24 Marut			Jodhpur Basani Indl Area Pt BO	Sqn. Ldr. S. N. Garg		Martin-Baker
6th May 1982	SAAF	Impala Mk.I	536		near Port Elizabeth	Capt. R. M. "Robbie" Turner see also 11th April 1991	via André Kritzinger	Martin-Baker
6th May 1982	SAAF	Impala Mk.I	536		near Port Elizabeth	Student made late ejection and was killed
10th May 1982	USN	TA‑4J Skyhawk	158145 A7	VT‑7	lost power after carver touch & go	ejected safely		Escapac
10th May 1982	USN	TA‑4J Skyhawk	158145 A7	VT‑7	lost power after carver touch & go	ejected safely		Escapac
10th May 1982	USMC	A‑4M Skyhawk	160038 WL	VMA‑311 MCAS Twenty‑Nine Palms, CA, USA	engine flamed out after target run	ejected safely		Escapac
12th May 1982	RAF	Hunter FGA9	XE649/P	1 TWU	engine failure. Crashed fifteen miles south est of Aberystwyth, Dyfed	Flt. LTC. Robinson ejected		Martin-Baker
13th May 1982	USN	EA‑6B Prowler	158546 NJ 917	VAQ-129	during aerobatics 80 NM NE of NAS Fallon, NV, USA	1.Lt. T. R. Trueblood		Martin-Baker
						LTC. G. Elcock		Martin-Baker
						Lt. R.C. Perkins		Martin-Baker
						???
14th May 1982	Fr AF	Mirage				Capt. Perret		Martin-Baker
14th May 1982	Fr AF	Mirage				CDT Moisset		Martin-Baker
15th May 1982	Pak	Mirage					pilot ejected	Martin-Baker
15th May 1982	USAF	F-4 Phantom				2.Lt. J. M. Bell		Martin-Baker
15th May 1982	USAF	F-4 Phantom				Capt. M. E. Sams		Martin-Baker
17th May 1982	RAF	Sea Harrier	XZ438 development aircraft	A. & A.E.E.	being used for various ramp trials. Aircraft had fuel transfer / imbalance problem whilst taking off from ramp with 330 gallon ferry tanks	Lt. Cdr. D. Poole ejected safely suffering minor injuries		Martin-Baker
20th May 1982	FAB	Mirage				???		Martin-Baker
20th May 1982	FAB	Mirage				????		Martin-Baker
20th May 1982	Pak	SY.F6				P.O Z. Malik		Martin-Baker
21-05-1982	FAA	Dagger				1^st Lt. Senn ejected
21-5-1982	CANA	A-4Q Skyhawk	0660 3-A-307	3 Escuadrilla de Caza y Ataque	Combat loss over Falkland Sound shot down over San Carlos area, Falklands	Capitán de Corbeta Alberto Philippi ejected safely.		Escapac 1
21-5-1982 morning	RAF	Harrier GR3	XZ972/33	1 Sqn HMS Hermes	Hit by a Blowpipe SAM over Port Howard, West Falklands while on reconnaissance mission from carrier	Flt. Lt. Jeff Glover ejected and was taken prisoner. Later released.		Martin-Baker
21-5-1982	CANA	A-4Q Skyhawk	0665 3-A-312	3 Escuadrilla de Caza y Ataqu Rio Grande	Combat loss over Falkland Sound, damaged by AA near Puerto Argentino (or Port Stanley), Falklands after bombing HMS 'Ardent'	Teniente de Navio Arca ejected safely		Escapac 1
21-05-1982	FAA	A-4C Skyhawk	C-309	Grupo 4 de Caza	Combat loss over West Falkland	Teniente Lopez ejected and was killed		Escapac 1
21-05-1982	FAA	Pucara				Maj. Carlos Tomba		Martin-Baker
21-05-1982	FAA	Pucara				Cpt. Benitez ejected		Martin-Baker
21-05-1982	FAA	Dagger				Cpt. Donadile ejected		Martin-Baker
21-05-1982	FAA	Dagger				Maj. Piuma ejected		Martin-Baker
21-05-1982	FAA	Dagger				Lt. Luna ejected		Martin-Baker
23-5-1982 also seen as 29-5-1982 CONFIRM ???	RN	Sea Harrier FRS1	ZA174 000	801 Sqn.	Slipped over the edge of HMS Invincible whilst positioning for take off due to deck movement as ship rolled heavily in rough seas	Lt.Cdr. Mike Broadwater ejected safely		Martin-Baker
23rd May 1982	CANA	A-4Q Skyhawk	0659/3-A-306	Base Aeronaval Alte. Quijada, Río Grande	aircraft suffered brake problems when landed fully armed with bombs from a mission during the Falklands War, when the aircraft was bouncing off the runway. The aircraft was repaired!	the pilot, Capitán de Corbeta Carlos Zubizarreta ejected, but hit the ground hard and killed
24-05-1982	FAA	Dagger				Maj. Puga ejected		Martin-Baker
24-05-1982	FAA	Dagger				Cpt. Diaz ejected		Martin-Baker
25th May 1982	RAF	Jaguar GR1	XX963/AL	14 Sqn	Shot down 35 mile3s north east of Bruggen, West Germany by a sidewinder missile accidentally fired by an RAF Phantom	Flt. Lt. D. S. Griggs ejected		Martin-Baker
25-5-1982	FAA	A-4C Skyhawk	C-319	Grupo 4 de Caza	Combat loss San Carlos Water	Teniente Lucero ejected successfully and was recovered by HMS Fearless		Escapac 1
25-5-1982	FAA	A-4C Skyhawk	C-304	Grupo 4 de Caza	Combat loss when returning from a mission on San Carlos Water	Capitan Garcia successfully ejected but was not recovered from the water. His body was washed ashore in a dinghy at Golding Island in 1983		Escapac 1
26-05-1982	CANA	MB326				Lt. Col. Mazorra		Martin-Baker
26-05-1982	CANA	MB326				Lt. Col. Chiaretio		Martin-Baker
27th May 1982	FAA	A-4B Skyhawk	C-215 Ex- USN 4B BuAer 142102	Grupo 5 de Caza	Combat loss at Ajax Bay, 40 mm AAA from HMS Intrepid [see FEEDBACK below]	Teniente Mariano A. Valasco ejected succesfully		Escapac 1
FEEDBACK	". . . In 1982 I served onboard HMS INTREPID and spent most of my time in the Falklands in San Carlos, on the 27th May that year I opened fire on two A4 Skyhawks hitting one of them and for 25 years believing I had killed that pilot. Last year 2007 I was watching a documentary about the Falklands and noticed that the pilot I had shot down and thought I had killed was still alive, I have traced the pilot, his name is Valasco, we have exchanged many e-mails and he has confirmed to me that HMS FEARLESS could not have hit him as previously thought, as we were the sister ship to Fearless i believe it was mistaken as them when really it was us who hit him! I spent Friday last week sat with my old Captain, Rear Admiral Dingemans and he once again confirmed to me that it was Intrepid who shot the A4 down." Best Wishes Neil Wilkinson Ex AB Gunner HMS INTREPID in email 4th August 2008
27-5-1982	RAF	Harrier GR3	XZ988/34	1 Sqn	Hit by small arms fire while on a bombing run over Goose Green, Falklands	Sqn. Ldr. R. D. Iveson ejected and was rescued		Martin-Baker
28-05-1982	FAA	Pucara			?????	Lt. Arganaraz		Martin-Baker
28-05-1982	FAA	Pucara				Lt. Cruzado		Martin-Baker
30-5-1982	RAF	Harrier GR3	XZ963/14	1 Sqn HMS Hermes	Fuel exhaustion after the tanks were hit by small arms fire over Port Stanley, Falklands. Crashed into the sea 30 miles from carrier	Sqn. Ldr. J. J. Pook ejected		Martin-Baker
May 1982
31st May 1982		A‑7E Corsair II	156803 ING 4	VA‑147	ade emergency landing after fire warning but ran off runway White River, AZ, USA	pilo