FRIENDLY FIRE
Unfortunate Accidents in Australia during Wartime
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A
case of mistaken identity
problems with aircraft recognition
25 Killed in Bus Crash at
Wodonga, Victoria on 8 May 1942
26 killed in Bomb Blast during training
at
Kapooka Army Camp, Wagga, NSW
on 21 May 1945
Was USS
Triton sunk by
"Friendly Fire" in Moreton Bay?
US Submarine almost
sunk by
"Friendly Fire" in Moreton Bay
HMAS Tambar hit by
"Friendly Fire"
from Cowan Cowan, Moreton Island
Boat
"Tangalooma" shot at by Troops
at Fort Rous, Moreton Island
Seven Ships of the
Allied Task Force bombed
in the Coral Sea by American B-17 Bombers on 7 May 1942
US Submarine
USS Sargo (SS-188) attacked and hit
by a Hudson bomber of 14 Squadron RAAF
USS Perry attacked by 2 Squadron RAAF
Deaths
of two people in Townsville
due to an unexploded bomb
Gun
at Fort Queenscliff fires on 2nd day
of WW2 at a Bass Strait Freighter
Anti-aircraft
gun at Fort Queenscliff fires
at unidentified aircraft in May 1940
OTHER EVENTS IN THE REST OF
THE SOUTH WEST PACIFIC AREA
RAAF
Beaufort shot down by a US Navy PB4Y-1 Liberator
near Rabaul on 12 July 1943
POW's killed when
Japanese transport ships
sunk by an American Submarine on 12/13 Sep 1944
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This page last updated 15 February 2011
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