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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Holly Bancroft

Simon Weston leads calls to release secret Falklands war files on Sir Galahad bombing

PA

Falklands War hero Simon Weston has joined veterans and cross-party MPs in renewed calls for the government to unseal secret files on the bombing of the Sir Galahad.

The Royal Fleet Auxiliary ship and its sister vessel Sir Tristram, which was moored next to it, became sitting ducks for Argentian Air Force attacks on 8 June 1982. The ships were consumed by fire, killing 56 men and injuring another 150 in the bloodiest event of the war.

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