On the 4th of May, at 07.10, Lockheed Neptune 2-P-112, on a maritime reconnaissance mission made a radar contact and detected the signal of a Marconi 965 long range radar, as used on the type 42 British destroyers. Revenge for the sinking of the cruiser “Belgrano” (Model of this carrier under Dutch Flag in 1/400 from this author on the Imodeler net.) ![]() ![]() These aircraft were capable of operating from this carrier. The Argentine Navy was in the possession of the former Dutch aircraft carrier “Karel Doorman”. Furthermore, standard two DEFA 30-mm cannons. Main armament is one AM39 Excocet missile under the starboard inner wing pylon, balanced by an expendible fuel tank beneath the opposite wing. These aircraft were identical to their French counterparts. These aircraft equipped the 2a Escuadrilla de Caza Y Ataque, based at Comandante Espora, Puerto Belgrano. On the first of May 1982 the Aviacion Naval Argentina was in the possesion of the first batch of 8 Super Etendards.
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