List of U.S. friendly-fire incidents since 1945 with British victims

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Camera footage from a U.S. A-10, as it begins an attack on a British vehicle squadron, March 2003. POPOV36 rolls in for an attack.png
Camera footage from a U.S. A-10, as it begins an attack on a British vehicle squadron, March 2003.

This is a list of friendly fire incidents by the U.S. Military on allied British personnel and civilians.

Contents

Korean War

Gulf War

Iraqi no-fly zones

Iraq War

War in Afghanistan

References

  1. "Friendly Fire on Hill 282". britains-smallwars.com. Archived from the original on 19 September 2010. Retrieved 16 August 2010.
  2. Ian C. McGibbon (1992). New Zealand and the Korean War: Combat operations. Oxford University Press. p. 47. ISBN   9-7801-9558-3434.
  3. 1 2 "Friendly Fire Incidents". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard) . 24 July 1991. cc704-7W. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  4. "Soldiers' Deaths (Gulf War)". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard) . 19 May 1992. cc147-52. Retrieved 7 September 2009.
  5. "Two die as Patriot missile takes down RAF jet". Stars and Stripes . 24 March 2003. Retrieved 25 May 2011.
  6. "Pilot 'dreamed of RAF career'". BBC News. 26 March 2003. Retrieved 8 May 2010.
  7. Lester Haines 20 May 2004 Patriot missile: friend or foe? theregister.com
  8. Tornado crew shot down after friend-or-foe system failed [ dead link ] timesonline.co.uk
  9. "The Iraq friendly fire incident". BBC News. 7 November 2003. Retrieved 8 May 2010.
  10. "'This is just a scene from hell'". BBC News. 6 April 2003. Retrieved 8 May 2010.
  11. "Pilot error led to marine death". BBC. 15 May 2009. Retrieved 15 February 2011.
  12. "'Friendly fire' kills UK soldiers". BBC News. 24 August 2007. Retrieved 8 May 2010.
  13. "'Grid mix-up' before Afghanistan 'friendly fire' deaths". BBC. 15 December 2009. Retrieved 15 February 2011.
  14. "'Flawed' actions led to fatal 'friendly fire' bombing". BBC. 26 April 2010. Retrieved 15 February 2011.
  15. "Christopher Roney in US 'friendly fire' Afghanistan death". BBC News. 3 September 2012.
  16. Doward, Jamie (4 September 2012). "US pilots who killed British soldier thought they were attacking Taliban". The Guardian. London.