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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.
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