Creaking Door Ref # 141

Roland Range 6,000 meters y altitude 5,500 meters , correct one shot down , Pilot ejects and is recovered – That shot was at maximun range on probably the only clear day during the conflict – Took place south of town –

Regards Enrique –

Creaking Door Ref # 139

I see , also have doubts about max range for 35 mm , let me ask about it and reach you back ( this was 25 years ago) –
On Roland i’m quite sure but also i’ll double check –
My first position on Sapper Hill gave me a clear vision , no geographic interference looking east – I presume that one of the ecos must have been the Vulcan another the Sea Harrier the rest countermeasures –
If 35 mm south of town tried to engage must have been Barry or Huergo , i’ll reach them and ask if they remember trying to engage –

Regards Enrique –

Exmpa Ref # 135

Thank you sir

Regarding that first mission on May 01,1982 – I saw the first eco on the screen
at about 70 NM east . esat orth east heading towards Falklands , there was more than one eco if i remember right there were probably four or five ecos , later i was told probably counter measures – We kept track of them untill they release bombs over the airport – Triple A was alerted but it never came under firing distance –

Regards Enrique

Jonesy Ref # 206

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On the exorcets launched from Super Etendard there are still doubts , on may the 25th both planes lock on a large size vessell thought to be a carrier , we know of one impact on the Atalantic Conveyor , the other one we are still searching for it -Or did it impact someone else ?

On May 30th when the last exorcet was launched they also lock on the larger size target thought to be carrier , on this there are a lot of different stories it depends on who you talk to is what you get in response , we still believe it may have made it to the carrier , we also think as it has happen as before none of them exploded , the impact itself caused some damage –

And on the HMS Shefield the samething , two planes lock on the target, launch , one impact the other preasumly went by without hitting –

Regards Enrique

Exmpa Ref # 127

Sir

In relation to Nimrodes , as I said i could nor tell you which of the ecos could have been the Nimrode , spoke with people on the other radar , they told me that they have seen ecos that suspect were nimrodes from Ascencion checking to see if we were deploying the fleet – They only had suspitious about it , they could not confirm it –

ANTPS 43 Westinghouse radar operated by Air Force
ANTPS 44 Cardion radar Operated by Army ( Triple A )

Exmpa Ref # 129

I could not know , let me describe you how it work to give you an idea –
The long range radar Cardion detected ecos , of course those originated east of Falklands at about 90 milles were PAc from the carriers , the ones coming from the noreast preasumly Vulcan – The info is transmited to the Air Post Comand which has the responsability of assigning it as a Foe or Friend – That post command isues an open fire order to triple A if its Foe – The Cardion Radra had a limitation which was did not give you altitude unless the IFF was on the plane ,which of course didn’t happen – Based on speeds very clearley you see the difference between Pac / Helicopter / C-130 –
Were you on one of those Nimrodes ?
Thank you Enrique

Jonesy Ref # 203

Sir

We had been tracking those ships since the bigining of the conflict, all of those which came close to shore for naval bombardment were detected at about 20 milles , they were clearly visible on the Radar , in early May we directed fire with de 155 mm on them , on June Naval forces brought a Sea/Sea exorcets to the islands , mounted them on a home made trailer adapted power to it ,and based on info we summited they made theire first attempt on the first week of june –
That first attempt did’nt work for some reason the missil did’nt fire , they kept on working until the night of june 11 – As usual 3 ships came close for naval bombardment , one always remained farther away from land we suspected it doing counter submarine activity , the others made the bombardment – the HMS Glanmorgan was hit that night on its way out , iv’e read that they saw the missil coming and tried to turn away from it , at that moment the missil impacted the area of the helicopter hangar –