Friendly fire WWII

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Originally Posted by tomdocherty72

Hi Brian,

I am researching 72 Sqn and I found the reference to the friendly fire incident in the RAF 'Air Power' Journal in an article about friendly fire. It listed several incidents, the 72 one included. I cannot find any other reference to this incident and it is not in the squadron F540. I am suspicious it may be a print error and perhaps 74 or 92 Sqn? The reference give the shooting as by Spitfires in the English Channel.

Yours

Tom

Possibly refers to Typhoon R7853 of 56 Squadron. Shot down by Spitfires off Dungeness on July 30th, 1942. The downed pilot was Lieutenant Erik Haabjoern (native of Norway) and he was rescued.