OTTAWA, Dec 12 (Reuters) - In early October 1942, Flight Lieutenant Donald McLarty was shot down over Libya on his 199th mission of World War Two. Although he was flying for Britain's Royal Air Force, his uniform was emblazoned with an unexpected word: "ARGENTINA".
Many foreigners fought for the various Allied air forces, but until now historians have largely focused on pilots from Czechoslovakia, Poland, France and Norway -- all of which were occupied by German forces.
Few realize that more than 800 young men from neutral Argentina, some of them schoolboys, rushed to sign up as pilots and then made the long, dangerous trip to Europe by boat.
Links:
RAF Sq 164 http://www.raf.mod.uk/histo...
http://www.prnewswire.co.uk...
http://www.reuters.com/arti...
http://edant.clarin.com/dia...
http://www.aircraftresource...
http://lasegundaguerra.com/...
Argentine Spitfire: http://www.choiquehobbies.c...
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......"Some pilots adorned the side of their aircraft with a picture of a popular Argentine cartoon character called PATORUZU, an indigenous Indian with incredible strength."........
--- When Britain and Argentina went to war in 1982 over the Islas Malvinas (known as the Falkland Islands in Britain) some veterans volunteered to fight again, by the argentine side: The Fenix Squadron!!!!----
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We Argentines, and the English(British) have a large history of conflictive situations and "good" situations. Some time ago, our politics want Argentina be part of the British empire !!!. Also, near the end of the Spanish Colony, there was a lot of events regarding England and the southern young Country called "Provincias Unidas del Sud or Argentina"..i invite you to click on the links !!!! We have a lot of things in common, not just only the "Islands Malvinas (Falklands), The Georgias del sur, Sandwich and the Antartica (Arg-Ch & BAT)
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British invasions of the Rio de la Plata
http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...
1806: William Carr Beresford: Governor of Buenos Aires http://es.wikipedia.org/wik...
1807 John Witelocke http://es.wikipedia.org/wik...
1823: Establised Diplomatic Relations http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...
1833: British occupation of the Malvinas Islands http://es.wikipedia.org/wik...)
1845: The Battle of "Vuelta de Obligado": British-French Navy against Argentine Confederation http://es.wikipedia.org/wik...
1876: Buenos Aires Herald http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...
1916: Torres de los Ingleses http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...
1933: Roca-Runciman Treaty Argentine Beef (Argentina part of the "British Empire?!") http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...
http://www.youtube.com/watc...
1948: British Railways Nationalization in Argentina http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...
1982: Tatcher want to destroy Argentina and asked for help to US, Japan, NZ, Canada, Ireland and Australia!!..(document declasified from UK Gov). http://tiempo.elargentino.c...

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ABCC - Argentine British Community Council
http://www.abcc.org.ar/
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ENGLAND in ARGENTINA
http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...
Hurlingham Club: http://www.hurlinghamclub.o...
http://www.abcc.org.ar/hist...
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WELSH in ARGENTINA:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/...
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SCOTLAND in ARGENTINA
http://www.scotlandinargent...
Argentine Tartan http://www.tartanregister.g...
("It was created in Buenos Aires, Argentina by Mr.Edward MacRae and was inspired on the flag colours of Argentina and the Robertson tartan design, because this family was one of the pioneers among many immigrants who arrived in this country from Scotland ")
SOUTH AMERICAN PIPING ASSOCIATION:
http://www.sapa-band.com.ar/
http://www.spbasa.org/

I am agentine, married & 3 kids (2 argentines 1 girl born in Venezuela) My ancestors come from: Scotland, Basque County, Poland and UKraine. I'm proud of my european ancestors and of an Argentina that time ago was one of the best places for living.
I hope one day to see Argentina and Britain be partners and allies again as we was until Peron and his corrupted fascists and pro-3rd world arrived to the power, then until today (militars-politics... all inepts) the things become worst each day in my Country.
On those days, since 1880 to 1950 Argentina was one of the best places for living, that's why million of europeans inmigrants arrived to our land to work and for a new life (Italian, spanish, basques, british, irish, frenchs, germans, dutch, jews, polish, ukranien, russian, scandinavians, (also from Assia: syrian-lebanon,armenian and japanese)...... On those time, the railways were british, banks, Industries, progress... our culture was pacefully "invaded and influenced" by the british and the rest of europeans. ie. the argentine sauce for meat: "Chimichurri" is comming from the english "give me curri".
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(ARGENTINA= THE FOURTH BRITISH COLONY in SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE?? ) http://www.skyscrapercity.c...
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I hope to see this again in a WIN WIN relationship (take care of do not repeat bad examples between our countries like the Roca-Runciman Treaty)... But seems imposssible because of falklands-malvinas (Georgias/Sandwich &BAT) and worst than this, the "Neo-Left-Fascist-Populist-Liberal and Demagogic-Corrupted Politics (Peronists, Militars, ...etc" that are destroying the institutions (step by step) and the culture of work in my Land, replacing by anarchy-indigenist-left-cuban-piquetera-che guevara ideals (not a real socialist) and the way of do things...
This channel is dedicated to those voluntairs from Argentina that during the WW2 fight for the allies against the fascist. One of those participated for the RAF ARGENTINE BRITISH Sq No 164. Here the story of those MEN not remembered never..... that are example for next generations of men around the world. They honored the relations between the UK and Argentina...
ARGENTINE-BRITISH Sq N164: "No one had asked them, no one remembered them. The memories were painful". They keep silence... until today....Thanks to CLAUDIO MEUNIER (HISTORIAN) that Investigated and published books about this Historical Events...
(2005). "Alas de Trueno"
(2007). "Nacidos con Honor".
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.... (cont.) when McLarty climbed into his Hurricane fighter-bomber for a low-level attack on a German base in Libya, he needed to complete just two more missions to earn a long break from active duty. It was not to be.
"It was a very stupid operation ... the moment we crossed the coast I could see the soldiers waiting," recalled McLarty, now 85.

"I was hit immediately by ground fire in the engine and had oil all over my windscreen. All I could do was fly in formation with the guy next to me and then my tail was blown off."

McLarty's plane smacked into the ground, barreled straight through two parked German fighters and ended up in a pile of empty gasoline drums.

German officers produced a glass of White Horse whisky for the 20-year-old and then shipped him off to a prison camp.

McLarty and others were persuaded to speak by Argentine historian Claudio Meunier
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"Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never-in nothing, great or small, large or petty - never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy"........ Sir Winston Churchill

......" El tiempo -o quizá la historia- nos dirá si estuvimos a la altura de las circunstancias."...... Aprendamos del Pasado para Re-construir al país.....

Ancestors, I ask you for your guidance. Blessed mother, come to me with the Gods' desire for my future. Blessed father, watch over my wife and son with a ready sword. Whisper to them that I live only to hold them again, for all else is dust and air. Ancestors, I honor you and will try to live with the dignity that you have taught me.
Russell Crowe (as Gladiator)