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Radio Somerset,19 mins
Remembering HMS Coventry and Atlantic Conveyor
Claire Carter on BBC Radio SomersetAvailable for over a year
Crew members from RNAS Yeovilton look back on the loss of the ships in the Falklands War 40 years ago. Nineteen men died when the Royal Navy destroyer HMS Coventry and 12 men on Atlantic Conveyor were killed in the attacks on 25 May 1982. Jack Killah also speaks to an aircrewman involved in the rescue effort and the twin sister of one of the men who was killed. Image of Atlantic Conveyor: Royal Navy
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