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Old 25th January 2008, 14:19
Six Nifty .50s Six Nifty .50s is offline
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Re: Friendly fire WWII

A few others:


10 March 1941
Halifax L9489 (35 Squadron). Shot down by RAF night-fighter on return from six-plane raid to Le Havre, France.

15 June 1941
Two RAF Hurricanes (208 Squadron) were shot down by Allied anti-aircraft fire near their base at Aqir, Palestine. Both pilots were killed.

17 June 1941
Beaufort (217 Squadron) was shot down by RAF Hurricanes of 504 Squadron.

September 1942
Three Hurricanes were downed by friendly gunfire during the battle for Convoy PQ-18.
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