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Rob Tierney & Collegues with 73-22077 after its capture in the Falklands.[1]

73-22077 is a Bell UH-1H Iroquois

History

Built by Bell as c/n 13560,[2] this aircraft was delivered to Comando de Aviacion de Ejercito Argentino at Campo de Mayo on 03 March 1973 as AE-413.

On 21 April 1982 the aircraft was transported to Port Sttanley, capital of the recently occupied Falkland Islands, in the hold of an Argentinian C-130. Captured by British forces on 14 June, AE-413 was transported to RAF Odiham, United Kingdom during July 1983.[3]

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