MISSILES & GUNS
Plate 1
Short SC.7 Skyvan (PA-54) transport aircraft destroyed at Stanley racetrack. It belonged to the Argentine Coast Guard (Prefectura Naval Argentina) and was destroyed by British naval 4.5-inch gunfire. The photograph is attributed to Pete Oxford.
Plate 2
HMS Glamorgan’s forward 4.5-inch guns firing at Pebble Island on 14-15 May during an SAS raid. The SAS focussed on destroying aircraft, while Glamorgan’s guns targeted fuel supplies. Photograph taken by Petty Officer Andy Gatherer (electronics warfare officer, Royal Navy).
Plate 3
A Sea Slug missile during trials in Australia in 1959. It had been fired at an unmanned Gloster Meteor drone aircraft (painted white with red nose, engines and upper outer wing panels). The Sea Slug’s smoky approach and the explosion of its 200 lb warhead can be seen in the left panel. The detonation seriously damaged the aircraft (middle panel), leading to it crashing (right panel). The picture from Alamy was colorised using Photoshop by MR Ibbotson. Chronicle / Alamy Stock Photo.
Plate 4
An image of HMS Exeter firing a Sea Dart missile at a Learjet on 7 June 1982. All five crew on the Learjet were killed. Photographed by Laurence Brown, Royal Navy.
Plate 5
​The Type-42 destroyer HMS Edinburgh firing a Sea Dart missile in 2012. Photographer, LA(Phot) Dave Jenkins, Royal Navy. Wikimedia Commons.
Plate 6
A Rapier missile fired in the Falklands. On obtaining it, the photograph had been partially ‘colorised’. Photoshop was used by MR Ibbotson to improve the colorisation. Tim Mander / Alamy Stock Photo.
Plate 7
At night on 5 June 1982, HMS Cardiff (D108) conducted gunfire support against Argentine positions on the Falkland Islands. The image shows the gun in the resting position just after dawn the next day. She had fired 277 4.5-inch rounds Photograph by Kenneth lan Griffiths.
Plate 8
Argentine Roland SAM system from the 601st Air Defence Artillery Group. This Roland system shot down a Sea Harrier (XZ456) on 1 June 1982. The photographer may have been Eduardo A. Rotondo. Picture sourced from a Facebook post by Agustin Vazquez.
Plate 9
A view over Stanley soon after the Falklands War, with recent snowfall. A triple Tigercat launch trailer is shown with two missiles covered by grey protective shrouds. Two uncovered missiles are discarded in the snow, painted white, with yellow fins. Crown copyright IWM FKD 2843.
Plate 10
Tigercat launch trailer with three covered missiles. The control system is shown behind, looking like a water tank. All trailers are missing their wheels. This system was operated in South Africa. Photograph by Dean Wingrin. Picture sourced from the SAAF website.
Plate 11
Photograph of Argentine troops taken from an RAF Harrier GR3. The man on the left has a Blowpipe SAM and is lifting it onto his shoulder to fire. This photograph caused great alarm when revealed to the Harrier pilots that flew the mission! The image was taken from Martin Middlebrooks book - The fight for the 'Malvinas'.
Plate 12
Argentine troops with a British-made Blowpipe SAM in the Falklands. Photographer not reported.
Plate 13
A member of the Argentine army’s 601 Commando Company at Port Howard on West Falkland aiming his Blowpipe missile at Lieutenant Jeff Glover’s Harrier GR3 (1 (F) Squadron, RAF). The Harrier was shot down and Glover landed in Falkland Sound. He was recovered in a boat and became a POW. Photographed by Eduardo Farré.
Plate 14
Lieutenant Jeff Glover (RAF) being helped into a rescue boat in Falkland Sound after ejecting from his Harrier GR3. His injuries were treated and he was well looked after. Photographer not reported.
Plate 15
Lt Lucero landing in a parachute after ejecting from his A-4 on 25 May 1982. He was rescued and given excellent medical care on HMS Fearless. He was shot down by a combination of Seacat and 40mm Bofors. The exact cause of the shoot down remains disputed. The photographer is thought to have been Sub Lieutenant Clive Pickering (some reports suggest Roy Gillingham but this is likely incorrect).
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Plate 16
Trailer mounted twin Exocet missile launcher on the Falklands. Photographer not known. Image from militaryimages.net
Plate 17
9K32 Strela-2 (SA-7 Grail) surface-to-air missiles provided by Libya to Argentina during the Falklands War. These were captured after the war by the British. Photographed by Tim Rees.
Plate 18
County-class destroyer, HMS Devonshire (D02), firing a Sea Slug missile (likely in the late 1960s). Photographer not reported, Royal Navy.