[Six Nifty .50s]

Originally Posted by Brian

Wow! Thanks indeed Six Nifty. You'll have to let me have your real identity sometime so that I am able to fully acknowledge your asssiatnce in the forthcoming book. I do have the majority of those incidents you have so generously listed, but there are a few new to me. I do really appreciate your time and effort.

Cheers
Brian

Just the tip of the iceberg, my friend. Some cases can be found online, but mainly I used unit histories and aircraft histories as sources, with a few from Chorley's bomber command losses. Obviously it's easier to harvest a lot of material quickly by consulting general studies such as Norman Franks' Fighter Command Losses, Paul Kemp's book on naval friendly fire, Charles Schrader's book on U.S. friendly fire, Gauker & Blood's statistical summary on U.S. Navy friendly fire, Air Britain serials, or any of several well researched volumes on the Battle of Britain, etc. But I didn't quote anything from those sources because I assumed that you've read them.

I have a pile of USAAF fighter unit histories (stacked about two feet high) but I haven't had the time to go through the majority. When I'm finished, I'll send you an e-mail regarding relevant cases.

How will you format this book? Are you interested mainly in aircraft related incidents, or is this a general study?