Hercs used for anti-ship bombing by Argentina

"Frogwatch" wrote in message
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On Jan 16, 11:25 am, "a425couple" wrote:
Yes, a Herc was used for anti-ship bombing.
You gotta love people who improvise in
wartime!http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Ward

"the Argentinians had been using a C-130 to attack merchant
ships re-supplying the task force by simply pushing a bomb
out of the back of the aircraft as it flew over (one bomb struck
a ship, but bounced off to no effect)."

from my follow up reading from







"Guy" -- wrote in message...
I have just re-read Sharkey Wards 'Sea Harrier over the Falklands' and
was amused to read, at the end of the book a 'discussion' between 3 of
his officers (801 Sdn) and a Herc pilot fresh from Lyneham,

I remember this and that it was not very effective


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the Argies re-fused bombs from ground use to anti-shipping use and their
attempt failed. many of the re-fused bombs
that did hit failed to explode.
the Antelope was one such bomb that initially failed to explode, it was
later accidently set of by the Bomb defuser.
most others were successfully rendered safe.