Flying the Harrier Jump Jet - Dave "Mog" Morgan (Part 1)

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Flying the Harrier jump jet - Dave "Mog" Morgan

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10 Percent True #11 P1 - Dave "Mog" Morgan, Sea Harrier Falklands Fighter Pilot

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In March 1982, Argentinian forces landed on a set of tiny islands in the South Atlantic. These islands were known to the British as the Falklands, and to the Argentinians as Las Malvinas, and ownership over them remains contested to this day.

Britain’s Prime Minister responded without equivocation, and dispatched a task force of ships, aircraft and combat forces with the objective of retaking the islands.

Through the month of March, the task force sailed south. One of those onboard was Royal Air Force fighter pilot, Dave “Mog” Morgan, then on exchange with the Royal Navy’s Fleet Air Arm, flying the Hawker Siddley Sea Harrier.

Morgan would help lead the planning of the first combat mission undertaken by the Sea Harriers, and would end the war having shot down four Argentine aircraft.

In this, the first of three interviews with Mog, he describes the long road that eventually led to the Sea Harrier, and talks about his early experiences flying the vastly challenging Harrier Gr 3 with the Royal Air Force. The episode concludes with his recollections of preparing to sail south, and an initial assessment of the Argentine threat.

Tune in for parts 2 and 3 to listen to Mog describe with great clarity his combat experiences and the post traumatic stress that took grip after the war.