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Re: Friendly fire WWII
War Diary of USN cruiser USS Baltimore (CA-68) says that her two OS2U-3 Kingfisher spotting planes reportedly were shot down by 'friendly fighters' when operating off Formosa on 21 Jan 1945..
AAIR/Joe Baugher have BuNo 5307 and 09492 with loss date 22 Jan 1945.
Crews were uninjured and picked up by USS Colahan (DD-658). Pilots were Lt (jg) McDonald and Ens. Smith, no names of radiomen mentioned.
I have no idea if USN fighter pilots have claimed Japanese lookalikes on that day (21 Jan 45) off Formosa?
Regards,
Leendert
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