Gentlemen,
My grandfather's autobiography was recently published, and I've discovered something interesting on page 71, possibly relating to this thread...
ACM Sir Frederick Rosier, GCB, CBE, DSO (1915-1998) was the squadron commander of 229 squadron (Hurricanes) when he apparently shot down a 113 squadron Blenheim while sweeping for German bombers over Mersa Matruh, Egypt "on the night of 7th/8th August on one such patrol at 3:25 a.m."
He goes on to say, "It had just dropped its bombs on Mersa Matruh and was illuminated by search lights, when, as it did not show IFF, I shot at it from fairly long range. Fortunately, the crew managed to bail out and were found in hiding the next day... In the subsequent Court of Inquiry the Senior Air Staff Officer ‘SASO’, of the Desert Air Force Group, Group Captain Freddie Guest found the crew guilty of a ‘gross error of navigation’ but he also attached some blame to me for the shooting down. I was certain he had never been placed in a similar situation."
Here's a link to the book:
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss...d+rosier&ajr=8
- Charles