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Westland Wessex
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Westland Wessex HAS.3 XP142/406, known as “Humphrey” (737 Naval Air Squadron, Antrim Flight) armed with two Mk 11 mod 3 depth charges, in April 1982. Humphrey, crewed by Lieutenant Commander Ian Stanley, Sub-Lieutenant Stewart Cooper, Lieutenant Chris Parry and Petty Officer Aircrewman David Fitzgerald, fired the first shots of the Task Force on 25 April 1982 when it dropped the depth charges on the submarine Santa Fe. (Artwork by Javier ‘Javo’ Ruberto)

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