Tag: Aermacchi MB-339

• Sunday, December 31st 2023 - 23:20 UTC

  1982 South Atlantic War: Crippa launches fundraiser to bring back his plane

  

  Retired Argentine Navy pilot Owen Crippa launched this week a fundraiser to bring back from the United States the Italian-built Aermacchi MB-339 with which he attacked the HMS Argonaut on May 21, 1982, during a reconnaissance mission amid the South Atlantic war over the Falkland Islands. He reportedly needs US$ 50,000.

• Sunday, December 24th 2023 - 16:09 UTC

  Argentine airplane from 1982 to be restored and shown at museum?

  

  The Italian-built Aermacchi MB-339 used by then-Argentine Navy Lt Owen Crippa on May 21, 1982, to attack the HMS Argonaut is about to be flown from the United States to be restored in the city of Sunchales and later displayed at a museum, it was reported last week.