{"id":3264,"date":"2025-10-27T19:35:36","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T19:35:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/?p=3264"},"modified":"2025-10-27T19:35:36","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T19:35:36","slug":"pucara-a-515-joins-the-south-yorkshire-aircraft-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/aviation-news-uk\/aviation-museum-news\/pucara-a-515-joins-the-south-yorkshire-aircraft-museum\/","title":{"rendered":"Pucar\u00e1 A-515 Joins the South Yorkshire Aircraft Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The South Yorkshire Aircraft Museum are pleased to announce the arrival of ex Argentinian FMA Pucar\u00e1 \u2018A-515\u2019 to join our Falklands War display \u201811 Weeks in 1982\u2019 – the UK\u2019s largest permanent display dedicated to the conflict.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Flying with the Argentine Air Force (Fuerza A\u00e9rea Argentina) from the Falkland Islands, A-515 took part in a number of missions throughout the war against British forces, including the final Pucar\u00e1 mission on the 10th June. During this sortie, the aircraft was lightly damaged by small arms fire and would not fly again before the Argentine surrender on the 14th June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Captured by British forces at the end of the conflict, the Pucar\u00e1 was returned to the UK for trials and evaluation work with the Aircraft and Armament Experimental Establishment (A&AEE) at MOD Boscombe Down. After extensive work to assess the aircraft and ensure its airworthiness, A-515 was allocated the RAF Serial of ZD485 and flown for approximately 25 hours in the UK, the only captured Pucar\u00e1 to be flown in the UK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After completion of the trials work, A-515 was flown to the RAF Museum at RAF Cosford on 9th September 1983, A-515 remained part of the RAF Museum collection until being transferred to the South Yorkshire Aircraft Museum in October 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joining the South Yorkshire Aircraft Museum\u2019s \u201811 weeks in 1982\u2019 display, Pucar\u00e1 A-515 is now displayed alongside a number of other veteran aircraft from both sides of the Falklands War1 and a memorial dedicated to the 255 British servicemen and 3 islanders killed during the war. The Pucar\u00e1 has been rebuilt by our dedicated volunteers and is currently displayed outdoors pending future museum development when it will be moved indoors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

South Yorkshire Aircraft Museum curator Naylan Moore said \u201cThe acquisition of the Pucar\u00e1 is a fantastic addition to our \u201811 Weeks in 1982\u2019 display, joining a number of other aircraft that flew on both sides of the conflict. This will allow us to further share the story of the Falklands War with our visitors and honour those that made the ultimate sacrifice.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr Harry Raffal, Head of collections and Research at the RAF Museum said<\/strong>: \u201cThe RAF Museum’s gifting of the Pucar\u00e1 A-515 will provide the South Yorkshire Aircraft Museum with an exciting new exhibit. The Pucar\u00e1 was operated by the Fuerza A\u00e9rea Argentina during the Falklands War, although not in direct contact with the RAF. The gift will share the Pucar\u00e1 story with new audiences and expand the wider understanding of the Falklands War. “<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The South Yorkshire Aircraft Museum are pleased to announce the arrival of ex Argentinian FMA Pucar\u00e1 \u2018A-515\u2019 to join our Falklands War display \u201811 Weeks in 1982\u2019 – the UK\u2019s largest permanent display dedicated to the conflict. Flying with the Argentine Air Force (Fuerza A\u00e9rea Argentina) from the Falkland Islands, A-515 took part in a … Continue reading Pucar\u00e1 A-515 Joins the South Yorkshire Aircraft Museum<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[341,10,54,359],"class_list":["post-3264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aviation-museum-news","tag-341","tag-news","tag-october","tag-south-yorkshire-aircraft-museum"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3264"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3264\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3265,"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3264\/revisions\/3265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}