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Commander Nigel David "Sharkey" MacCartan-Ward, DSC, AFC (born Nigel David Ward, 22 September 1943 – 17 May 2024) was a Royal Navy officer who introduced the Sea Harrier aircraft to service with the Fleet Air Arm and commanded 801 Naval Air Squadron during the Falklands War.
The pilot - Lt Cdr Broadwater - ejected and was picked up. 1 June 1982 - XZ456 was shot down while on an armed recce by a Roland surface-to-air missile to the south of Port Stanley , by GADA 601 . The pilot - Flight Lieutenant Mortimer - ejected and was rescued by a Sea King from 820 NAS after nine hours in the water.
List of People Executed in Kansas; Number Name Date Notes 1 George Miller: May 6, 1950: 2 Preston McBride: April 6, 1951: 3 James Bernard Lammers: January 5, 1952: 4 Nathaniel Germany: May 21, 1954: 5 Merle Martin Jr. July 16, 1954: 6 Lowell Lee Andrews: November 30, 1962: 7 Richard Eugene Hickock: April 14, 1965 [A] 8 Perry Edward Smith: April ...
After recently graduating the Operational Flying Training Unit at 899 Naval Air Squadron, embarked in HMS Invincible on 3 April 1982 [3] [4] joining 801 Naval Air Squadron commanded by Lieutenant-Commander Nigel "Sharkey" Ward. [5] [page needed] On the morning of May 1, 1982, the radar officer was reporting echoes closing fast.
Lieutenant Commander: US Navy: VA-37, USS Saratoga: North Vietnam, Gulf of Tonkin: His A-7A #153206 crashed at sea [70] Presumptive finding of death [3] June 18: Kilpatrick, Larry R: Lieutenant: US Navy: VA-105, USS Saratoga: North Vietnam: His A-7A was lost while on a night attack mission [71] Presumptive finding of death [3] until 18 May 2018 ...
Fort Campbell Chief Warrant Officer Stephen Dwyer Jr. died doing what he loved said a family friend. Dwyer, 38, was one of five 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (SOAR), or Night Stalkers ...
Lt. Col. Greg Pasquantonio, 40, was ordered late last month in Leavenworth County District Court to serve three years of probation. He pleaded guilty in August to beating his wife unconscious and ...
Rear Admiral Clarence Wade McClusky, Jr., (June 1, 1902 – June 27, 1976) was a United States Navy aviator during World War II and the early Cold War period. He is credited with having played a major part in the Battle of Midway .