- List of British friendly fire incidents by the U.S. military since World War II
This is a list of
friendly fire incidents by the U.S. Military on allied British personnel. Due to recent occurrences the subject has often been portrayed satirically in the British media e.g. "Monkey Dust ," [ [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7fPu-ywN00] 3.40] "Top Gear" [ [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1jA9px7Kr4] 7.40] and "The Omid Djalili Show". [ [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcbfPKpy3lQ] 3.40]Iraq War *
6 April , 2003,BBC World Affairs EditorJohn Simpson and members of his crew were injured when a bomb dropped from U.S planes hit their vehicle convoy, killing 15 people [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/photo_gallery/3244305.stm BBC NEWS | In Depth | Photo Gallery | In pictures - The Iraq friendly fire incident ] ] [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/2921807.stm BBC NEWS | World | Middle East | 'This is just a scene from hell' ] ]*
28 March , 2003, The190th Fighter Squadron, Blues and Royals friendly fire incident , a soldier is killed by A-10 jets as well as 5 others wounded*
22 March , 2003, A British Tornado jet is shot down by a U.S. Patriot Missile, killing both pilot and navigator [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2889109.stm BBC NEWS | England | Pilot 'dreamed of RAF career' ] ]*July, 2007,
Guardsman Matthew Lyne-Pirkis, of theGrenadier Guards , was wounded along with 3 other allied soldiers of theAfghan National Army after being hit by gunfire from a U.S. Apache Helicopter Gunship [ [http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article688266.ece Friendly fire | Matthew Lyne-Pirkis | Grenadier guardsman | The Sun |HomePage|News ] ]*
23 August , 2007, A bomb dropped by an F-15 jet killed 3 soldiers of theRoyal Anglian Regiment and wounded a further 2 [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6962071.stm BBC NEWS | UK | 'Friendly fire' kills UK soldiers ] ]*
5 December , 2006, A witness said Marine Jonathan Wigley's death was caused by an A-10 jet [ [http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/article2062516.ece Killed in action: Marine Jonathan Wigley, born Melton Mowbray, 1985. Died Garmsir, 2006 - This Britain, UK - The Independent ] ]Gulf War *
14 April , 1994, 2 British civilians were killed in the Black Hawk shootdown incident*1991, 9 British troops were killed and a further 12 were injured after their Warrior armoured vehicles were hit by A-10s [ [http://www.britains-smallwars.com/gulf/Roll.html Roll Of Honour ] ] [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2630519.stm BBC NEWS | UK | Defence chiefs accused over 'friendly fire' ] ]
Korean War *
23 September , 1950, During the "Battle of Hill 282 ", 3US Air Force P-51 Mustang planes attacked a position held by the 1st Battalion of theArgyll and Sutherland Highlanders with guns andNapalm , killing 17 and wounding 76 [ [http://www.britains-smallwars.com/korea/hill282.html Friendly Fire on Hill 282 ] ]References
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