800 Sqn Hellcats Aegean 1944 friendly fire incident

[Observer1940]

Brian

I am sorry, I can't help you with this one.

However, do you have an account of a ship with British pow on board hit by the allies and sunk, which is classed as friendly fire by some organisations.

This friendly fire account came to light when I was making enquiries about my Grandmother's Brother-in-Law who was a pow and had also worked on the Burma railroad. He was transferred to a hospital apparently and died on 23 July 1945. He is buried at Labuan.

1 Captured 15 Feb 42
2 Worked at clearing bomb and shell damage in Singapore until Oct 42
3 Sent to Thailand to work on the Burma Railway Nov 42
4 Returned to Singapore June 1943
5 Shipped to Labuan Aug 1943 to work on the airfield.
6 Some went to the East Coast of Borneo but those that died had their remains consolidated into the Labuan Cemetry which is quite large.

But some pow in other ships never made their trips and were killed by the allies in what is classed by some as friendly fire.

Mark