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Bluff Cove air attacks

June 8, 1982 · Bluff Cove air attacks

Part of Falklands War

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Bluff Cove air attacks

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

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United Kingdom

Michael Clapp military commander Julian Thompson military commander Jeremy Moore military commander

Argentina

Ernesto Horacio Crespo military commander Mario Benjamín Menéndez military commander Juan Lombardo military commander