Tag: Owen Crippa

• 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.