Raid on Cortley Ridge
The Special Air Service (SAS), along with men from the Special Boat Squadron (SBS), attempted to carry out a diversionary amphibious raid on Port Stanley Harbour on the night of 13–14 June 1982. The plan was, as 2 PARA attacked Wireless Ridge, 4 Rigid Raider fast landing crafts (steered by Sergeant Buckle, Lance-Corporal Gilbert and Marines Kavanagh and Nordic) and carrying some 30 SAS soldiers from D Squadron and six SBS reinforcements from 3 section would travel across the harbour and destroy the oil storage facilities on Cortley Ridge.
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Raid on Cortley Ridge
The Special Air Service (SAS), along with men from the Special Boat Squadron (SBS), attempted to carry out a diversionary amphibious raid on Port Stanley Harbour on the night of 13–14 June 1982. The plan was, as 2 PARA attacked Wireless Ridge, 4 Rigid Raider fast landing crafts (steered by Sergeant Buckle, Lance-Corporal Gilbert and Marines Kavanagh and Nordic) and carrying some 30 SAS soldiers from D Squadron and six SBS reinforcements from 3 section would travel across the harbour and destroy the oil storage facilities on Cortley Ridge.
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