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.

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

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