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Originally Posted by niels
Any special story about this a/c?
e.g.: (from Navy News - The Falklands Conflict - Day by Day - May)
12 May 1982
Patrolling Nimrod sighted Argentine Boeing 707.
[not sure if it was one armed with Sidewinders...might have been the ultimate `Comet's Revenge'  ]
22nd May 1982
An Argentine Air Force Boeing 707 on a reconnaissance mission avoided being hit by HMS Coventry's Sea Dart as a flash-door failed safe, preventing missile loading on the launcher.
A second 707 approached the Bristol Group later in the morning. Tidespring had reported the aircraft's presence and HMS Cardiff dropped back from the group. When the 707 came within her range, Cardiff fired a Sea Dart salvo. One missile was seen to burst close to the target which broke away.
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While the task force were en-route from Ascension to the Falklands, they received belated permission to engage the shadowing Argentine 707. Seem to recall that, the first time the SHARs scrambled after this permission had been given, they came very close to going 'weapons hot' on an ANZ DC-10 (or similar), having initially mistaken it for the 707.
I know I read about this somewhere - can anyone confirm?