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Originally Posted by Alfred.MONZAT
Are you sure ? Bader was supposedly shot down by Casson of 616 Squadron.
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Yes.
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Finucane & co shot down 2 of their own squadron among their 5 victories and their victims were labelled as "shot down by Bf 109s" ? I wonder what specific source(s) the author used to get to this conclusion.
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Yes. Comparison of combat reports and other narratives, as well as comparison with German claims and losses. Prety convincing.
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Crazy how efficient they were against their own compared against the ennemy. Well back to the subject, claims and losses that don't match, that's not uncommon but I can hardly believe this kind of friendly fire was common.
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This is one of the reasons of my doubts concerning GQ6 loss lists. Depending on what one means by common, I have found several such incidents, and one may wonder how many are not identifiable. My wild guess is about 20% to friendly fire.