Bluff Cove Air Attacks [SEP] point in time
Bluff Cove air attacks
The Bluff Cove air attacks occurred 8 June 1982, during the Falklands War. British troop transport ships were bombed by the Argentine Air Force (FAA) whilst unloading, with significant damage and casualties.
Background.
By 1 June, British forces on the Falkland Islands were bolstered by the arrival of 5,000 new troops of the 5th Infantry Brigade. Major General Jeremy Moore now had sufficient force to start planning a full-scale assault on Port Stanley.
Advance parties of the 2nd Battalion,
and Ascension Island before arriving in the South Atlantic, landing on South Georgia.
During his time in the conflict, Stant was witness to the Bluff Cove Air Attacks, having been aboard RFA "Sir Tristram" earlier in the day. He had been ordered off the ship the day before to man a nearby trench in Port Pleasant. There he was witness to the Argentinian aerial attack on the two warships and was one of the first on the scene afterwards where he helped wounded soldiers. Stant has described his experiences in