Friendly fire WWII

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I have quickly scanned all posts so I don't think I am repeating previous entries (fingers crossed).

On 25 June 1942, Generaloberst Wolfram von Richthofen was on an inspection flight of German positions in Russia when his Storch was fired on by the German 387th Infantry Division, Richthofen's copilot was wounded and the aircraft made an emergency landing (reported in Joel Hayward's Stopped at Stalingrad, which cites Richthofen's diary as the primary source). This book also refers to an incident on 28 June 1942 when an advance company of the Grossdeutschland Division two kilometres east of the Tim River was bombed by Stukas - 16 killed, many wounded and much materiel destroyed. Unfortunately the Stuka unit is not mentioned - perhaps a question for forum members.

A couple of incidents from Focke-Wulf Fw 190 in North Africa, Arthy and Jessen:

• Fw 190 A5 0152 538 from 6/JG 2 shot down on 3 March 1943 by a I/JG 53 Bf 109 while landing, pilot Fw Uberbacher KIA
• Fw 190 A5 0142 515 from 11/SKG 10 shot down by sweeping II/JG 77 Bf 109s on 2 April 1943 while on a fighter bomber mission, pilot Uffz von Zareba KIA

Finally, Don Caldwell's JG 26 War Diary Vol 2 reports Fw 190 D9 210 188 from 5/JG 26 being shot down by a III/JG 1 Bf109 on 24 Dec 1944, Lt Benz KIA. JG 26 War Diary also reports quite a number of incidents of JG 26 aircraft being shot down by German flak, but it's getting late here, so I'll leave it to others to pick these out!

Cheers