Owen Crippa - The Man Who Attacked The British Fleet All Alone (In a Trainer Jet)

As the British Amphibious Task Group entered San Carlos Water in the Falklands on 21 May 1982, the Argentine High Command initially thought it was a diversion. They sent some aircraft to investigate. One of them was an MB-339, a light trainer/attack aircraft flown by Teniente de Navio Owen Crippa. He first spotted a Lynx helicopter and was about to attack it but then, he saw the entire British landing force in a small bay. He took the aggressive approach and attacked all alone in an aircraft never meant for such a task. Check out Patrick Cloutier's book - Mussolini's War in the East https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0923WJ4K8 Sources: Marcelo Larraquy - La guerra invisible: El último secreto de Malvinas https://amzn.to/3MNg9WU Pablo Camogli - Batallas de Malvinas: Todos los combates de la Guerra del Atlántico Sur https://amzn.to/45JeeLG Michael Clapp - Amphibious Assault Falklands: The Battle of San Carlos Water https://amzn.to/3N6cEw3 “Estábamos mentalizados para morir”: Owen Crippa, el aviador que atacó solo a la flota británica en Malvinas https://www.infobae.com/sociedad/2022... Support the channel on Patreon:   / showtime112   Donate via Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/showt... Join our Discord server:   / discord   Audio mastering by Don Solaris:    • Shorts   "Hiding Your Reality" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... #militaryaviationhistory #militaryaviation #falklandswar #fuerzaaereaargentina #skyhawk