Operation Plum Duff was a recce mission by the SAS ahead of the planned Operation Mikado, which aimed to take out Argentina's remaining Exocet missiles following the attack on the HMS Sheffield.

Mikado was nicknamed 'Operation Certain Death' by many, as it involved landing two Hercules 2000 feet apart on a runway at Rio Grande airbase and then allowing SAS personnel to jump out of the aircraft, kill the enemies and disable the aircraft that carried the missiles.

Op Plum Duff was unsuccessful. For a while, London HQ continued to insist that Op Mikado was going ahead, but it was eventually abandoned.

This is the story behind the mission that never happened.

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Thumbnail image: Harry Burgoyne.

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