Sas Pebble Island. On the opposite side of the island from port stanley the british needed to establish a bridgehead prior to the long march across the island to capture stanley. Special air service sas raid on pebble island may 1982.
Pebble island is one of the smaller falkland islands lying north of west falkland. On the opposite side of the island from port stanley the british needed to establish a bridgehead prior to the long march across the island to capture stanley. Special air service sas raid on pebble island may 1982.
As glamorgan closed in to gunfire range hermes flew off the 48 sas attackers and ngfo team in her no 846 sea kings to be guided in at midnight by the awaiting patrol.
Special air service sas raid on pebble island may 1982. Its small airstrip was subject to a daring raid by the sas. As glamorgan closed in to gunfire range hermes flew off the 48 sas attackers and ngfo team in her no 846 sea kings to be guided in at midnight by the awaiting patrol. Immediately after the argentinians had seized the falkland islands they established a small airbase aeródromo auxiliar calderón on pebble island argentine.