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Stanley Golf Course,
Jorge Bense (guest)
wrote
9 years ago:
How many golf courses do you have in Falkland Islands.
Bomb Craters - Black Buck Flight 1,
kencummings
wrote
9 years ago:
The string of craters has been extended to show approzimately where the first bomb of a string of 21 thousand pound bombs hit. This crater location is of historical importance. Please read the book Vulcan 607. That is the name of the plane that made this historic run.
Boxer Bridge,
Steven James
wrote
10 years ago:
The name Boxer comes from the Sqn graphic the Japanese symbol for Boxer
1914 Battle of the Falkland Islands Memorial,
Melanie Gilding (guest)
wrote
10 years ago:
This memorial is for the Battle of the Falklands, 8th December, 1914. Nothing to do with the 1982 conflict, as referred to in the last two comments. There is a separate memorial for that. Services of remembrance are held at both......8th December ( Battle Day) for the former, and 14th June ( Liberation Day) for the latter, every year, without fail.
Port Stanley Cemetery,
Don Goodman (guest)
wrote
11 years ago:
Can anyone please tell me whether there is any record of a Thomas Goodman buried in your cemetery He may have died in1884 or 1898. Any additional information would be appreciated
Bomb Craters - Black Buck Flight 2,
kencummings
wrote
12 years ago:
Two Vulcan bombers from Ascension Island dropped 42 x 1000 pound iron bombs from about 10,000 feet.
1982 Memorial Woods,
kencummings
wrote
12 years ago:
The three civilians were local women.
Malvina House Hotel and Conservatory Restaurant,
Malay_EA
wrote
12 years ago:
Boxer Bridge,
dave woodthorpe (guest)
wrote
13 years ago:
as a former member of the squadron that built the boxer bridge in the falklands , i am dismayed to see that people are saying it was built by ghurkas this is not right it was built by 25 fd sqn re in 1983
Port Stanley Airport (PSY/SFAL),
Red Baron (guest)
wrote
15 years ago:
Stanely is the domestic airport.
All international flights to UK and S. America operate from (RAF)Mount Pleasant airport, about 30 miles away.
Stanley Cathedral,
phil reamon (guest)
wrote
16 years ago:
Memorial plaques on the cathedral walls bring into memory a facinating account of the people that had lived here. The visit of the Beagle and Charles Darwin is shown at the museum. They also have artifacts from WW2 and the the Falkland conflict.
Bomb Craters - Black Buck Flight 1,
MHibbs
wrote
16 years ago:
only 1 bomb dropped actually hit the runway, but it did enough damage to cause the argentinans to move their high performance jet aircraft back to the mainland
Bomb Craters - Black Buck Flight 1,
bjelleklang
wrote
17 years ago:
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