Harry Benson - Scram!

Top Malo House 213–14

Trims (maintainer) 300

Tupper, Chief Aircrewman Alf 167, 339–40

Tuttey, Ch. Petty Officer Bill 229–30, 236, 255–6, 260–1

and Sir Galahad 262–3, 263–4, 264–5, 370

Tyrrell, Cpl Ian ‘Gus’ 171, 174–5, 176–7, 181, 182

recorded missing in action 181

Uganda , SS 192, 215–16, 219, 325, 336, 342–3, 343

Veinticinco de Mayo, ARA 87–8

vessels, see individual ships’ names

Vowles, Lt Cdr Peter 38, 41

Wallace, Lt George 278, 301

Ward, Lt Cdr Nigel ‘Sharkey’ 134, 162, 235

Warden, Lt Cdr Roger 38, 42, 186

Wasp 63–4, 139, 153, 367

firing on Santa Fe 63

and hospital-ship inspections 219

Wells, Lt David 63

Wessex:

almost continuous flying of 317

ammunition transfer facilitated by 74

Ascension Island preparation of first of 43

and Atlantic Conveyor 100 , 176–8

boarding, knack to 274

casevac work for 215

control fault in 132

and Coventry 167, 168–9 ‘dead reckoning’ navigation method on 73

downwind fast stop of 244, 284

Engadine boosts contingent of 272

expectation of more of 161

flotation canisters on 51–2

Fortuna Glacier mission of, see Fortuna Glacier Gazelle compared with 26

and ground resonance 47–8

in gunship role 144

HU Mk 5, HB learns to fly 26

HU Mk 5, service entered by 19

hydraulic systems in 146

in-flight refuelling considered for 87

machine gun in 156

maximum speed of 140

Mirage attack fails to destroy 136–7

missile launched at 84–6

missing 182

nighttime closeness of 237

normal maximum power of 124

operating from three locations 330

operating without coordination 185

in Operational Flying Training 28

pictured on Antrim 82

at Port San Carlos 234

rocket capability of 196–7

rocket pods on 28–9

and San Carlos landing mission 121–6 passim , 128, 129

Sea Kings more powerful than 70

single-engine capability of 233, 238, 268

and Sir Galahad 262

South Georgia crashes of 9–12, 11, 72, 119

swapping seats in 282–3

and tasking 192

thermal image camera on 122, 197

turning point for operations of 231

typical flight of 51

underused 143

West Falkland 1, 108, 118, 137, 149, 152, 154, 160, 162, 203, 258

Weston, Simon 265

Whale, FOB, on 153, 154, 192, 210, 223, 231

move for 231

Whirlwind, in Suez crisis 19

Wilson, Brig. Tony 239, 240, 328

Wilson, Ldg Aircrewman Tug:

and Fortuna Glacier 6–8, 10, 13–14, 60, 61–2

Wilson, Petty Officer Aircrewman Tug:

and Sir Galahad 263, 265

Wireless Ridge 348

Woodward, Admiral Sandy 76

Yarmouth , HMS 89, 90, 140, 251, 305

Young, Capt. Brian 13, 65

Aged 21, Harry was one of the youngest helicopter pilots to serve in the Falklands war. Following two tours as a Royal Navy pilot, Harry moved to Asia in 1988 with his wife Kate to work in finance. He returned to the UK in 1997, took a first class degree in Psychology from Bristol University and started what has become Britain’s most successful local relationship project, Bristol Community Family Trust, teaching practical relationship skills to thousands of couples.

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