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Re: Friendly fire WWII
As long as the friendly fire kills move out of WWII, here is another from personal experience.
Sometime in 1952-53 timeframe (I was 6 or 7) Col Mac McWhorter was a/c commander in a B-17 mothership controlling a drone B-17 in trail over the Gulf between Panama City and Eglin AFB, FL.
Major Art DeBolt was flying a radar controlled approach in an F-86D and locked on the wrong target - hitting the command ship. Mac stayed with the burning B-17 to maintain control while the crew bailed and was killed when the B-17 blew up. DeBolt resigned from USAF after the incident.
Both were close friends of my father.. first time I realized my father could possibly get killed flying.
Regards,
Bill Marshall
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