Bluff Cove air attacks

Bluff Cove air attacks
	Part of Falklands War
	; RFA Sir Tristram after the Argentine air attack
Date	8 June 1982
Location	Port Pleasant ; Falkland Islands51°47′57″S 58°13′08″W
Result	Argentine victory British ground attack on Stanley delayed by two days;
Belligerents
United Kingdom	Argentina
Commanders and leaders
Jeremy Moore; Michael Clapp; Julian Thompson; Tony Wilson	Ernesto Crespo; Mario Menendez; Juan Lombardo
Casualties and losses
56 killed; 150 wounded; 1 landing ship lost; 1 LCU sunk; 1 helicopter written off; 1 landing ship badly damaged; 1 frigate damaged	3 killed; 3 aircraft lost
	Location within Falkland Islands

The Bluff Cove air attacks occurred 8 June 1982, during the Falklands War. British troop transport ships were bombed by the Argentine Air Force (FAA) while unloading at Bluff Cove, with significant damage and casualties.

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