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7th January 2018, 07:49

AndreasB

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Re: Friendly fire WWII

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Originally Posted by Laurent Rizzotti

On 25 April 1941 the German Kampfgruppe Herff was supposed to take Halfaya Pass, on the Lybian-Egyption border, with air support.

The German aircraft (probably Bf 110s of ZG 26) attacked the concentration area of the German forces rather than Allied positions, and the Kampfgruppe lost 7 dead and 10 wounded only in this "friendly" air attack.

See https://rommelsriposte.com/2016/08/2...25-april-1941/

Seems to have happened with disturbing regularity, on both sides.

All the best

Andreas

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