1st Air
Transport Group (Grupo 1) |
Hercules (1 lost), Boeing 707's.
Also photo-reconnaissance Learjets (1 lost) |
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2nd Light
Bomber Group (Grupo 2) |
Canberras flying from Trelew and Rio
Gallegos, 2 lost |
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3rd Attack
Group
(Grupo 3) |
24 Pucaras to Falklands, 13 lost and
11 captured, plus one mainland-based aircraft
lost |
The only British aircraft
casualty directly due to Argentine aircraft was
Royal Marine Scout [b28] shot down by a Grupo 3
Pucara on the 28th May |
4th Fighter
Bomber Group (Grupo 4) |
Skyhawk A-4C's flying from San
Julian and Rio Grande, 9 lost |
Believed to have damaged LSL's "Sir
Bedivere", "Sir Galahad" and
"Sir
Lancelot" with UXB's (all 24th May) |
5th Fighter
Bomber Group (Grupo 5) |
Skyhawk A-4B's from Rio Gallegos, 10
lost |
Destroyer "Glasgow"
damaged
by UXB (12th May) Frigate "Argonaut" damaged by UXB (21st May)
Frigate "ANTELOPE"
sunk by
bomb (23rd May)
Destroyer
"COVENTRY" sunk by bombs and frigate "Broadsword" damaged by UXB (both 25th
May)
LSL's "SIR
GALAHAD" (later scuttled) and "Sir
Tristram" damaged; "Fearless"
LCU F4
sunk by bombs (all 8th June)
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6th Fighter
Bomber Group (Grupo 6) |
Daggers from Rio Grande and San
Julian, 11 lost |
Destroyer "Glamorgan",
frigates "Alacrity" and
"Arrow", minor damage by cannon
fire and near misses (all 1st May) Destroyer
"Antrim" damaged by UXB, frigate "Ardent" damaged by bomb, frigates "Brilliant"
and "Broadsword" minor damage by cannon
fire (all 21st May)
Frigate "Plymouth" damaged by UXB and cannon
(8th June)
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7th Group,
Helicopter Sqdn |
including Bell 212's and Chinook.
Two Bells to Falklands, both lost |
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8th Fighter
Group
(Grupo 8) |
Mirage IIIE's from Comodoro
Rivadavia and Rio Callegos, 2 lost |
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