Why can't I find.....?

Question

...ANY links reporting FACTS ONLY.. on UK "friendly-fire" incidents on other allied forces?

Can you?

I've tried -
http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=0&ct=result&cd=1&q=UK+friendly+fire+ON+US+troops&spell=1

and -
http://search.yahoo.com/search?ei=utf-8&fr=slv8-msgr&p=UK%20friendly%20fire%20acts%20ON%20US%20troops

and -
http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=UK+friendly+fire+incidents&meta=

yet NOTHING comes up about UK forces friendly-fire on allied forces.. yet, we accept "friendly-fire" incidents DO happen in times of war and conflict.

...?

Re OldeSalt

Many thanks for stepping up and providing facts as asked for. Please be remember my question was for "UK friendly-fire on OTHER allied forces. We all accept there will be accidental friendly fire incidents during war and conflict.

As far as I am aware, other than Argentinians Forces, there were only UK forces there during that conflict.. therefore NOT "OTHER ALLIED FORCES"..

I raised the question because I was accused of being biased recently when I asked another question about friendly fire, and yet my question was asking for links for UK friendly fire facts to try and balance all the recent comments on the US pilots incident that is in the news today. Instead of answering the question for comments and facts, Americans didn't stop to THINK about the question.. hmmm

It's odd there is MORE information out there about US incidents.. hmm

Answer 1

The vast majority of combat forces in the Iraq/Afghanistan theatre are US; along with most support units being of US origin. The percentages dictate friendly fire incidents to be significantly higher amongst US forces.
The blur of battle too often leads to mistakes resulting in friendly fire incidents. This war is no different in that regard, even with the advanced technology......friendly fire casualties do occur.

Answer 2

The fact of the matter is that most friendly-fire incidents do not make it on the news unless someone does die. Luckily, this is the exception rather than the norm. As for looking into British friendly-fire incidents, you need to take into account that they do not have nearly the amount of troops overseas that the United States does and the fact that they follow a different procedure for investigating fatal incidents. I am guessing that you best bet would be to Google a reliable British newspaper on-line and do a search that way. Please remember that a newspaper is only as good as the individual that is doing the research and reporting and will be their own interpretation of the event, just as our own reporters have their own "rose colored glasses" here in the states.

Answer 3

I did a GOOGLE.COM search on UK friendly fire incidents and this is some of what I found:
1956 - Suez: Attacks from British Royal Navy carrier-borne aircraft caused heavy casualties to UK 45 Commando and HQ.
1982 - HMS Cardiff Shoots down AAC Gazelle (UK) in the Falklands Islands.
1982 - 3rd Battalion, Parachute Regiment, British Army (UK) Companies A and C engage each other in an hour-long firefight in the Falkland Islands involving heavy weapons and artilery strikes. At least 8 UK casualties.
1982 - United Kingdom UK Special Boat Service Commando killed in firefight with UK Special Air Service Commandos. Falkland Islands.
2003 British Challenger 2 tank came under fire from another British tank in a nighttime firefight, blowing off the turret and killing two crew members, Corporal Stephen John Allbutt and Trooper David Jeffrey Clarke
All this was quite recent, and yet the LIMEYs who come on here act like the U.S. does it daily and on PURPOSE. They're just blind to the truth.

Answer 4

My Father fought in Falklands Conflict, and there were several incidents of Blue on Blue's, but luckily no one was ever killed as they all carried Union Flags on them, so that when engaged in combat they would raise the flag so that they could i.d each other.The British Army have never attacked another friendly Nation in combat, as we are professional and the best trained military on the planet, FACT. Quality outdoes quantity every time.

Answer 5

The only way we find out about "Friendly Fire " is usually on some "Big" T.V. show ,if the person survived some terrible incident and was blown to bits.But in the U.S. we rarely hear about friendly fire otherwise.

Answer 6

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
http://news.bbc.co.uk/