Nigel Ward

Commander Nigel "Sharkey" Ward DSC, AFC, RN commanded 801 Naval Air Squadron from HMS Invincible during the Falklands War, of April to June 1982, and was the senior Sea Harrier adviser to the Command on the tactics, direction and progress of the air war. Commander Ward flew over sixty war missions, achieved three air-to-air kills, and took part in or witnessed a total of ten kills; he was also the leading night pilot, and was decorated with the Distinguished Service Cross for gallantry. As Sea Harrier adviser to the Command, Ward's first job was to assemble two working squadrons of aircraft. Including those transferred from N899 HQ Training Squadron, 12 were scraped together for HMS Hermes (R12) 800 Naval Air Squadron and 8 for HMS...