The aircraft has had a number of callsigns and designations throughout its career. It had the Boeing construction number of B-849 with the RAF airframe number of ZA718 which is still visible at the rear of the aircraft. The squadron code number of the aircraft has varied with the squadron in which it serves. The most famous code was Bravo November (BN) which it had during the Falklands War and has been associated with it ever since. "Bravo November" has had a distinguished career within the Royal Air Force serving in every conflict of the last 30 years and has seen four of its pilots awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for actions whilst at the controls of the aircraft. In April 1982 "Bravo November" was loaded, along with three other Chinooks, aboard the container ship MV "Atlantic Conveyor" bound for the Falkland Islands. The Chinooks along with other helicopters and all the second-line repair and maintenance support equipment and stores, were sent to the Falkland Islands to spearhead the British landings there. Prior to departing the UK, the 4 Chinooks had their rotor blades removed and placed inside them and the aircraft were then placed inside "banana bags", rubberised jackets to protect them. Whilst en route to the Falklands the Chinooks had their rotor blades refitted by technicians of 18 Squadron RAF on board, the first time such a feat had been attempted at sea. On 25 May 1982 the second of two of the Chinooks had just undergone this refitting process when the "Atlantic Conveyor" was attacked and sunk by an Argentine Navy Dassault Super Étendard that had fired an Exocet sea-skimming missile. One of these Chinooks, Bravo November, was airborne on a task at the time, picking up freight from HMS "Glasgow". It thus avoided the ship's destruction and later landed on the aircraft carrier , gaining the nickname "The Survivor". Owing to the rapid spread of fire and smoke aboard the "Atlantic Conveyor" after the Exocet strike, it was not possible to fly any of the helicopters that remained on the ship's deck. The strike on the "Atlantic Conveyor" had now rendered British forces with only one serviceable heavy lift helicopter, and there were no spares, service manuals, lubricants or tools for it. Even so, it was able to carry some 1,500 troops, 95 casualties, 650 POWs and 550 tons of cargo. The first Distinguished Flying Cross was awarded for actions in the Falklands War.