Bluff Cove air attacks

Bluff Cove air attacks
Part of Falklands War

RFA Sir Tristram after the Argentine air attack
Date8 June 1982
Location
Port Pleasant
Falkland Islands
51°47′57″S 58°13′08″W / 51.79917°S 58.21889°W / -51.79917; -58.21889
Result

Argentine victory

  • British ground attack on Stanley delayed by two days
Belligerents
 United Kingdom  Argentina
Commanders and leaders
Jeremy Moore
Michael Clapp
Julian Thompson
Tony Wilson		 Ernesto Crespo
Mario Menendez
Juan Lombardo
Casualties and losses
56 killed
150 wounded
1 landing ship lost
1 LCU sunk
1 helicopter written off
1 landing ship badly damaged
1 frigate damaged		 3 killed
3 aircraft lost
Location within Falkland Islands

The Bluff Cove air attacks occurred 8 June 1982, during the Falklands War. British troop transport ships were bombed by Argentine Air Force (FAA) Douglas A-4 Skyhawk fighter bombers at Port Pleasant, off Fitzroy, while transferring troops to Bluff Cove, with significant damage and casualties.

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