A Falklands War and Royal Navy Long Service and Good Conduct Medal pair awarded to Air Engineering Mechanic (Mechanical) 1st Class, letter Petty Officer Air Engineering Mechanic (Mechanician) G.J. Burn, 826 Squadron, Fleet Air Arm, Royal Navy who would have helped maintained the Squadron’s Sea king helicopters during the Falklands War.
Pair: South Atlantic Medal 1982, with rosette; (AEM(M)1 G J BURN D176329L 826 SQDN) Royal Navy Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, EIIR, (POAEM(M) G J BURN D176329L RN) Mounted loose for wear.
Condition: mounted loose for wear, Good Very Fine
Air Engineering Mechanic (Mechanical) 1st Class G.J. Burn saw service with the 826 Squadron, Fleet Air Arm during the Falklands War in the South Atlantic in 1982, he would later be awarded his Long Service Medal with the rank of Petty Officer Air Engineering Mechanic (Mechanician) in the Royal Navy.
Following the Argentinian invasion of the Falkland Islands in April 1982, 826 Squadron, equipped with nine Sea King HAS.5s, deployed aboard Hermes as part of the Operation Corporate Task Force sent to retake the Islands. The squadron carried anti-submarine and surface search patrols around the task force, unsuccessfully attacking a suspected Argentine submarine on the night of 1/2 May, and also rescued survivors from HMS Sheffield, HMS Coventry and Atlantic Conveyor. Four Sea Kings were transferred to the stores ship RFA Fort Austin to free up space aboard Hermes on 17 May. The Squadron lost two helicopters during the Falklands War, but on both occasions the crews escaped unharmed
