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Originally Posted by klem
In the ensuing confusion a section of three 74 Squadron Spitfires shot down two of 56 Squadron's Hurricanes, causing the first RAF death in action of the war and what later came to be known to us all as "friendly fire". Remember this was before anyone had seen any fighter action let alone what a 109 might really look like in the sky. Sailor Malan, the Flight Leader of the six 74 Sqdn Spitfires claimed he called to his subsection of three that the aircraft were friendly and to break off but the subsection never heard the call and one of them was still saying 60 years later that there wasn't a call.
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So there was no action in Fall of France or the low countries... No air cover over dunkirk?!
I think you wrote this wrong and really you are explaining the inexperience of the RAF in saying that THAT particular squadron had not seen these things...
12-20-2011, 10:01 PM
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