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Mensaje: <blockquote data-quote="eze_v8" data-source="post: 1783249" data-attributes="member: 29039"><img src="http://oi59.tinypic.com/2nsxrsw.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Thursday 27th May 1982During the afternoon we suffered several air raids, the worst coming late in the afternoon a decoy flight came over the headline over our position and headed over San Carlos water, which drew most of the anti air craft fire. Seconds later 4 more air craft came over the same headland behind us and headed straight down the valley towards the BMA (Brigade maintenance area) at Ajax Bay, San Carlos jetty and 40 Cdo’s southern position. Rapier splashed 2 Sky Hawks and the third probably downed before getting hit, the 4th was splashed by Naval ship. Before they were shot down they had released their loads leaving 4 dead and 26 wounded and having hit an ammo dump in the BMA. Explosions and fired came from the BMA during the remainder of the day and night.8 Bty prepared 3 guns to move Camilla Creek to support 2 Para's advance on Pradera del Ganso (Goose Green).Sam recalls the bombing of the BMA from first hand experienceWe were hit by four aircraft on 27th of May, in two waves of two air craft. We were out back between two buildings, I don't know why but I looked to my right and there they were coming right at us. Steve and I about faced and started to run. "OOOOO F**k" I aimed for the door, I did not hear the blast just felt this hot slap lifting me off my feet and propelling me through the door I was turned in the air and landed on my back. In time to see Steve flying through the window, he lands like a pile of shit "where's me helmet" Joe says "Ill get it ". With that he dives into the building, the second wave hit. Joe does not come out, Steve and me look at each other "f**k" we say. "You two stop f**king about, Steve here's your helmet, next time get it yourself. Sam can you come with me". Says Joe, Joe led me through to the main building, where he had found a young Royal he had been killed. He was from 45 Cdo, we couldn't leave him there as all the mortar rounds and small arms ammo were brewing up and popping of every where. I ran through the building to where the medics were and picked up a stretcher and blanket, Joe and I carried this lad round to the red and green life machine but sadly he was passed help the medics left him to one side as they dealt with the casualties. We were there for him, and looked after him it was too little and sadly too late. We lost four men that morning and twenty six wounded. It was a long night in the shelter with the rounds popping all around us. The next day we all said we wanted to return to the Bty lines, Joe went off to find out.Hours later with no Joe, I said I would go and find out. So off I set up the hill, I got to about half a mile and waved but got no response, I went down this dip came up the other side. I got my response about sixty lads pointing weapons at me, I had courage running down both legs. George Jobling was waving like madly at me so I waved back, to which he and everyone else responded by diving into their holes like rabbits, so I look, and I swear its that same A4 trying to mess my day up. I tell you if I had a spare boot I would have thrown it, well I didn't so I turned and ran. Now you all know Dartmoor, Sennybridge and Scotland and how it’s covered in that boggy ground, with big tufts of grass and how hard it is to walk on. Well this was the same shit, and I kid you not I did 110m up hill in twelve strides. I even beat the air craft baring down on us! I dived into the first hole landed head first.Leroy is in Marsh pops his head out of the shelter "Sam you want a coffee" crap flying every where, his head pops out again " do you take sugar" so I stayed for coffee, and do you know its the best coffee I have ever had because I was home. After the raid I got to see the BSM, I said that if I am going to get it I would rather be with my mates. Than die with people who don't give a shit, he saw my point I went down and told the lads to pack up we are all going home.That’s Sam’s account of the BMA bombing.For us up on the gun positions it was also quite a day all round, we took quite a bit of enemy fire throughout the day.During the Argie air strike on the BMA I was in the middle of the position sorting the ammo. As soon as the first aircraft appeared I grabbed my tin hat and started for cover. Nigel Morrell who was section cmdr grabbed hold of my arm and shouted "sit down ". I looked at him as if he were mad. "Look" he said "if you go charging off across there to your trench, you're more likely to be shot by one of these silly bastards" he said pointing to our guys blasting away with everything they had at the Argie planes. I realised straight away that he of course was right, "players Randy," "please Nigel" then we sat down on the ammo, lit up a players non tipped each and watched all hell break loose.Thinking back now it's a rather surreal thing to do, but it's amazing how easily you adapt to your surroundings.As soon as it began it was all over. We sat and finished our fags, Nigel looked at me and said "there must be a few who've copped it over there" pointing to the BMA where the main strike had taken place, which was now shrouded in smoke, flames and the sound of small explosions as the heat reached the pallets of ammo stacked there. "Anyway this lots not going to shift itself, lets get it counted and out to the gun subs" he was referring to the pile of ammo we had just been sitting on smoking during the enemy air strike.Nigel (Elvis) Morrell was proved right about not moving during an air strike. (George) Paul<a href="https://www.facebook.com/pjobli2" target="_blank"> j</a>obling was hit in the shoulder and wounded with small arms fire from one of our own weapons. How we know it was from our side was revealed a year later when we were in Belize.The night he was hit George went down and had his wound dressed which at the time it looked like the round had just grazed him. However during our tour in Belize in 1983, George went off to the sick bay complaining of a pain in his shoulder, the doc noticed a small lump in his back just above his shoulder blade. A local anaesthetic was given and a scalpel cut revealed a perfect 7.62 round, which just popped out. It seemed the round was at the end of it's trajectory when it hit him therefore it just had enough left in it to embed itself in his shoulder, during the course of the year it had worked itself out of his back!At last light the 3 guns from 8 Bty flew to Camilla Creek.*Nigel (Elvis) Morrell unfortunately died 6 years ago of liver cancer*The photo below shows the first two strikes on the BMA as seen from 8 Btys Gun position.</blockquote>

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