Memorial Gazelle Helicopter XX377

This memorial commemorates the four crew members of the Gazelle helicopter XX377 who was shot down accidentally on 6 June 1982 by the Royal Navy Type 42 destroyer HMS Cardiff because they thought it was an Argentine C-130 Hercules.

Text on the monument:
IN MEMORY OF
MAJOR MIKE FORGE AND S SGT JOE BAKER
205 SIGNAL SQUADRON
AND
S SGT CHRIS GRIFFIN AND L CPL SIMON COCKTON
656 ARMY AIR SQUADRON
KILLED IN ACTION
6 JUNE 1982

The white rocks at the memorial spell the numbers "205" when they are seen from the air. They refer to 205 Signal Squadron.

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Source

• Text: Fedor de Vries
• Photos: Wikimedia Commons