Re: Friendly fire WWII
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Report on the Bombing of Our Own Troopsduring Operation “Tractable” 14 August 1944 by Arthur T. Harris: https://scholars.wlu.ca/cgi/viewcont...38&context=cmh Regards Darius |
Re: Friendly fire WWII
On April 26, 1945, P-61B-10-NO, AAF SN 42-39559, was shot down by friendly fire at approximately 2130. It was from the 417th NFS, flying out of Giebelstadt, Germany, flying a night intruder mission in defense of the Ulm-Dillingen Bridgehead. The location of the crash site was recorded as "Vicinity Altishein, Germany T 30821"
The pilot was 2LT Thomas E. Cartmell USAAF (my uncle), flying his first combat mission. IDPF records suggest a catastrophic crash and burn. The radar operator was 2LT Hal Anderson, who bailed out before the crash but because of the low altitude, his parachute did not fully deploy and he was killed on impact. Tom is buried at the AMC in St. Avold, France, and Hal was buried in the U.S. More details of the loss, plus transcribed letters of Lieutenant Cartmell during his training and wartime service can be found at https://brooksidepress.org/cartmell/ Mike Hughey |
Re: Friendly fire WWII
Maybe we had these incidents here earlier:
KTB Skl, 01.01.1945 Quote:
The Jäger ware obviously Fw-190, context of these incidents was operation „Bodenplatte“. Regards Darius |
Re: Friendly fire WWII
No idea if seen yet: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/...claude-b-allen
He was with 68th Field Artillery Battalion, 1st Armored Division, in an L-4 Cub most likely. Regards, Leendert |
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Hi guys
Thanks Leendert and Rolland - most interesting. And belated thanks to Darius and Mike. Take care, stay safe Brian |
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This was Mosquito HK289 of RAF No. 68 Squadron with, interestingly, two US Navy aviators.
See https://nl.findagrave.com/memorial/5...-newkirk-aiken and https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/15768 Did not find "Aiken" and "HK289" using search in the Friendly Fire section, so assume not listed yet? Regards, Leendert |
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Four American civilians killed and five wounded by US bombs accidentaly released near Eglin bombiong range in Florida on 11 August 1944:
https://fr.findagrave.com/memorial/2...-marvin-cosson |
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I've searched the thread but did not find "The Battle of Barking Creek" in which RAF pilots hosed RAF pilots early on, days after start of the war.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Barking_Creek |
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Hi,
from NARA, T312-1362, AOK Narwa: 15.02.1944, Tagesmeldung 227.Inf.Div.: Quote:
Regards Darius |
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