✦ History

Part of Falklands War

Bluff Cove air attacks

June 8, 1982 · Bluff Cove air attacks

Result Argentine victory

Argentine aircraft bombed British landing ships at Fitzroy, killing many Welsh Guardsmen.

On the map Contemporaries

United Kingdom

Argentina

United Kingdom
Argentina
Michael Clapp military commander Julian Thompson military commander Jeremy Moore military commander
Ernesto Horacio Crespo military commander Mario Benjamín Menéndez military commander Juan Lombardo military commander

Strength and losses

Killed
56
Wounded
150
Ships lost
1
Killed
3
Aircraft lost
3

Units

5th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)