Most Oustanding cases of "Friendly Fire"
 

I was just thinking about this in another thread and thought I could kick it off with the stafing of a RAF fighter strip by the 325th FG in 1944 with casualties.
The downing of three RAF Typhoons by P-47Ds of the 78th FG in December 1943.
The downing of a C-54 with P-38 dive mods which was shot down by Polish Spitfires.
Any others that leap to mind?

Re: Most Oustanding cases of "Friendly Fire"
 

Kaki ,
I think the worst was all the Transports shot down carrying Paratroopers
by Navy and Army AA - " Operation Husky ".
Mike

Re: Most Oustanding cases of "Friendly Fire"
 

That's right, I'd forgotten about that. One factor is that happened at night so the naval forces could not see the C-47s.

Re: Most Oustanding cases of "Friendly Fire"
 

The bombs falling on US troops on July 24 and 25 during operation Cobra

The sinking of several Royal Navy minesweepers in the Channel in August 1944

A German bomber attacking German destroyers at night in February 1940, following which three of these ships were lost in a minefield (up to two being hit by bombs)

Re: Most Oustanding cases of "Friendly Fire"
 

The loss of the J dive flaps was a disaster for the 8th AF Lightning commitment.

Cobra was bad ... the difference was a known risk of just a slight early salvo by trailing B-17s heading perpendicular to the line.. what could have happened did happen.

The one that was most painful for me was the loss of so many C-47s and troopers heading into Sicily. The USN was briefed extensively on the situation and one trigger happy gunner screwed up a lot of C-47s and 82nd AB troopers. I have to look it up but IIRC about 20 C-47s went in along with 13+ per Gooney bird so the KIA was nearly the same as Cobra (or more) plus a lot of expensive airplanes.

Mosquito vs P51
 

the American crew Ronald NICHOLS with his navigator Elbert Harris were shot down by P51 mustangs on 12 August 1944 near Toulouse south of France.
They were flying a Mosquito PR XVI code NS 533 belonging to25th BG 653rd BS of the 8th AF based in WATTON (St 376) in Norfolk and were coming back from a Frantic mission.

GC

Re: Most Oustanding cases of "Friendly Fire"
 

the P-51s were from the 357th FG...