Friendly Fire is the second book in Smith’s Bastard Legion series, started earlier this year with The Bastard Legion (formerly The Hangman’s Daughter). I loved that first book and thought that there was much potential going forward with both the characters and world-building.

Contents.Wars of the Roses. 1471 – During the a Lancastrian force under the was fired on by the Lancastrian centre while returning from a pursuit; their banner, Oxford's “” had been mistaken for the Yorkist “”. Aft view of the bridge of after the friendly fire incident of 11 August 1966.It has been estimated that there may have been as many as 8,000 friendly fire incidents in the; one was the inspiration for the book and film.

2 January 1966, in in the during joint Australian/American forces fighting the, a flying at low level accidentally flew through Australian and New Zealand artillery fire. The aircraft tail was blown off and the aircraft dived into the ground, killing the pilot instantly. 3 January 1966, near Bao Trai, at midnight, Sergeant Jerry Morton from 'C' Company, the had called in marker white phosphorus rounds ahead of the company from the supporting New Zealand gun battery on a suspected enemy position.

However, due to the bad coordinates given by Morton, the rounds instead landed on the Australian forces. Morton along with another Australian soldier were killed and several others wounded. 3 January 1966, two rounds fired by accidentally landed on C Company, 2/503rd Regiment, killing three paratroopers and wounding seven during.

The short rounds were found to have happened due to damp powder. 11 August 1966, while supporting, was attacked by USAF aircraft, resulting in the deaths of two Coast Guardsmen. 6 February 1967, twelve rounds from New Zealand artillery accidentally landed on the Australian 'D' Company, killing four and thirteen injured in west of Song Rai river between and District.

3 August 1967, a C-7 Caribou transport plane was approaching the special forces camp at when it flew into line of fire from a U.S. Army 155 mm howitzer. The tail section separated and the airplane fell down, killing the crew. A cease fire had been issued but failed to reach the gun crew in time. The Caribou was photographed just before it hit the ground. 19 November 1967, a.

Aircraft flown by Lt. Colonel Richard Taber dropped two 250 lb (110 kg) bombs on the command post of the 2nd Battalion (Airborne) 503d Infantry, 173d Airborne Brigade while they were in heavy contact with a numerically superior NVA force.

At least 45 paratroopers were killed and another 45 wounded. Also killed was the Battalion Chaplain Major, who was subsequently awarded the Medal of Honor. 16 March 1968 at FB Birmingham U.S. Marine Corps s dropped bombs on the base killing 16 men of the and wounding 48.

18 March 1968, around 10 Marines were killed by operators mistaking them for enemy forces, when such operators were trying to ambush the supposed enemies. The incident was result of stress and a bad intel, as their commander said that the area was in enemy control. 16–17 June 1968, and were attacked by US aircraft. At 03:09, Hobart 's radar picked up an aircraft approaching with no IFF transponder active. At 03:14, the aircraft fired a single missile at the ship which killed one sailor, wounded two others and damaged the ship. Two minutes later, the aircraft made a second pass and fired two missiles which caused further damage, killed another sailor and wounded six others.

The aircraft came around for a third attack run, but was scared off when Hobart 's forward gun turret, under independent control, fired five rounds at it. At 03:30, USS Edson, in company with Hobart, reported coming under fire, and Hobart's captain ordered both destroyers and to take up anti-aircraft formation. At 05:15, the three destroyers linked up with the cruiser USS Boston (which had been hit by a missile from another aircraft) and the escorting destroyer, and continued anti-aircraft manoeuvring.

Debris collected from Hobart and the other ships indicated that the missiles were of United States Air Force (USAF) origin. The attacks on Hobart and the other ships were the capstone of a series of firing incidents between 15 and 17 June, and an inquiry was held by the USN into the incidents, with three RAN personnel attending as technical advisors.

The inquiry found that a few hours before the attack on Hobart, Swift boats PCF-12 and PCF-19, along with, were attacked by what they identified at the time as hovering enemy aircraft, but were believed to be friendly planes; PCF-19 was sunk in the attack. F-4 Phantoms of the USAF Seventh Air Force, responding several hours after the attack on the Swift boats, were unable to distinguish between the radar signature of surface ships and airborne helicopters, and instead opened fire on Hobart, Boston, and Edson. 5 February 1969, of, led his five-man long-range reconnaissance team through thick fog and dense, short brush between An Loc and the Cambodian border. Hearing wood being chopped not far off a trail they were assigned to surveil, he had his team set ambush.

But members of the North Vietnamese Army had also detected the team. At dawn several enemy soldiers stole through the fog and flung a grenade into the middle of the team, who were spread in line by the trail, in sight of each other.

The grenade exploded next to the front scout, Cpl. Wilkie, showering him with shrapnel. As the enemy opened fire, the two team members on Wilkie's left panicked and fired in the direction of the grenade's blast. Caught in an intense crossfire, Wilkie, a Special Forces veteran, was shot five times––once by the enemy, twice by his team, and twice by bullets that passed through him. Miraculously, he survived.

So, too, did the assistant team leader, Lewis D. Davidson, who was hit twice in the leg. Tony Griffith's luck, however, ended that morning, when he was hit by multiple gunshots to the chest. 11 May 1969, during the, Lt. Weldon Honeycutt directed helicopter gunships, from an (ARA) battery, to support an infantry assault.

In the heavy jungle, the helicopters mistook the command post of the 3/187th battalion for a Vietnamese unit and attacked, killing two and wounding thirty-five, including Honeycutt. This incident disrupted battalion command and control and forced 3/187th to withdraw into night defensive positions. 1 May 1970, on military operations in a burst of machine gun fire followed by a calls for the Medic split the night, an Australian machine gunner opened fire on soldiers of the without warning, killing two and wounded two other soldiers. 20 July 1970, patrol units of 'D' Company 8th Battalion, outside the wire at called in a New Zealand battery fire mission as part of a training exercise. However, there was confusion at the gun position about the fire corrections issued by the inexperienced Australian officer with the patrol.

Main article:. During the, 11 were killed in two major incidents when their were hit by missiles fired by a.

Two soldiers of the were killed and a further six wounded when an American attack helicopter fired upon and destroyed a and an (in the same incident) during night operations. A British officer was severely injured when his vehicle was attacked by a tank of the. An during attacked British Warrior MICVs, resulting in nine British dead and numerous casualties. During the, American tanks in the rear fired in support of American troops facing dug-in troops. American were hit by fire from the tanks, resulting in two fatalities. Several friendly fire incidents took place during the, wounding 57 American soldiers, but causing no fatalities. One American soldier was killed by friendly fire during the.

Two soldiers from 10 Air Defence Battery, were badly injured when two from which they had dismounted were fired upon by tanks from with thermal sights beyond the range of unaided visibility (about 1500 m). The rearmost vehicle was hit and burst into flames. The other vehicle was also damaged in the ensuing fire. A large number of friendly fire incidents took place during the, resulting in 5 American casualties.

A Challenger 1 tank fired several rounds at a British artillery position, resulting in at least 4 casualties. In the, two involved with shot down two helicopters over northern, killing 26 Coalition military and civilian personnel.War in Afghanistan (2001–2016). In the of 18 April 2002, four Canadian soldiers were killed and eight others injured when U.S. Air National Guard Major Harry Schmidt, dropped a laser-guided 500 lb (230 kg) bomb from his jet fighter on the regiment which was conducting a night firing exercise near.

Schmidt was charged with negligent manslaughter, aggravated assault, and dereliction of duty. He was found guilty of the latter charge. During testimony Schmidt blamed the incident on his use of ' (authorized mild stimulants), combined with the '. The Canadian dead received US medals for bravery, along with an apology., a former professional player, was shot and killed by American fire on 22 April 2004. An investigation was conducted by Brigadier General Jones and the concluded that Tillman's death was due to friendly fire aggravated by the intensity of the firefight. A more thorough investigation concluded that no hostile forces were involved in the firefight and that two allied groups fired on each other in confusion after a nearby improvised explosive device was detonated. On 6 April 2006, a British convoy in Afghanistan wounded 13 Afghan police officers and killed seven, after calling in a US airstrike on what they thought was a attack.

In Province, a pilot allegedly mistakenly strafed British troops missing the enemy by 200 metres during a firefight with the Taliban on 20 August 2006. This angered British Major James Loden of, who in a leaked email called the RAF, 'Completely incompetent and utterly, utterly useless in protecting ground troops in Afghanistan'. This allegation is despite the RAF Harrier GR7 not being fitted with guns. Canadian soldiers opened fire on a white pickup truck, about 25 kilometres west of, killing an Afghan officer with 6 others injured on 26 August 2006. (2006): 1 – Two U.S. Mistakenly NATO forces in southern Afghanistan, killing Canadian Private.

On 5 December 2006, an on a mission in, Afghanistan, mistakenly attacked a trench where British were dug-in during a 10-hour battle with Taliban fighters, killing one Royal Marine. Matthew Ford, from Zulu Company of, died after receiving a gunshot wound in Afghanistan on 15 January 2007, which was later found to be due to friendly fire. The final inquest ruled he died from NATO rounds from a fellow Royal Marine's machine gun.

The report added there was no 'negligence' by the other Marine, who had made a 'momentary error of judgment'. Canadian troops mistakenly killed an Afghan National Police officer and a homeless beggar after their convoy was ambushed in Kandahar City.

Of two helicopters called in to support operations by the British and forces in, the British engaged enemy forces, while the accompanying American opened fire on the Grenadiers and Afghan troops. 23 August 2007: A called in to support British ground forces in Afghanistan dropped a bomb on those forces.

Three privates of the 1st Battalion, the, were killed and two others were severely injured. It was later revealed that the British who called in the strike had not been issued a noise-cancelling headset, and while he supplied the correct target co-ordinates, in the confusion and stress of the battle incorrectly confirmed one wrong digit mistakenly repeated by the pilot, and the bomb landed on the British position 1000 metres away from the enemy. The coroner at the soldiers' inquest stated that the incident was due to 'flawed application of procedures' rather than individual errors or 'recklessness'. On 26 September 2007, British soldiers in operations in, Afghanistan, fired at soldiers from the, killing two.

It is also confirmed from Danish forces that the British fired a total of 6–8 Javelin missiles, over a 1½ hour period and only after the attack was completed did they realize that the missiles were British, based upon the fragments found after the incident. On 12 January 2008, two Dutch soldiers and two allied Afghan soldiers were shot dead by fellow Dutch soldiers in, Afghanistan. In the night on 14 January 2008 in, British troops saw a bunch of Afghans 'conducting suspicious activities'. Visibility was too bad for rifle-fire and they were too far away to call in mortar strikes. The squad decided to use a they were carrying. British soldiers fired their missile on the nearby roof but the victims were their own Afghan army sentries. 15 Afghan soldiers were killed.

On 9 July 2008, nine British soldiers from the were injured after being fired upon by a British Army Apache helicopter while on patrol in Afghanistan. A statement issued jointly by the American and the Afghan military commands said a contingent of Afghan police officers fired on United States forces on 10 December 2008 after the Americans had successfully overrun the hide-out, killing the suspected Taliban commander and detaining another man. The US forces after securing the hideout came under heavy small arms fire and explosive grenades from the Afghan Police forces.

'Multiple attempts to deter the engagement were unsuccessful,' and the US forces returned fire. Afghan police have stated that they came under fire first and that the initial firing on the US forces came from the building next to the police station. This has led the US forces to conclude that the Afghan police forces might have been compromised. Initial reports indicate that this was a tragic case of mistaken identity on both parts.

Captain Tom Sawyer, aged 26, and Corporal Danny Winter, aged 28, Zulu Company, were killed by an explosion on 14 January 2009 from a Javelin missile fired by British troops acting on the orders of a Danish officer. Both men were taking part in a joint operation with a Danish Battle Group and the in a location north east of in central Helmand Province. On 9 September 2009, British forces were sent to rescue journalist and his Afghan translator who were kidnapped by Taliban forces in northern Afghanistan near four days earlier. During the raid, Farrell was rescued, but Munadi was shot and killed in the firefight between the Taliban and British forces.

It is later found out that Munadi was running towards the helicopter when he was shot in the front by a British soldier, in addition to being shot in the back by the Taliban, after the British mistook him for the Taliban. Two Afghan civilians also died from the hail of bullets by British and Taliban forces. A officer was shot dead by a fellow British soldier while on patrol. It was reported that no charges are to be brought against a British army sniper who killed a British Military Policeman because he was allowed to open fire if he believed that his life was in danger. In December 2009, British commanders called upon a U.S. Airstrike which killed Lance Corporal Christopher Roney from who was engaging along with his comrades with the Taliban. The incident happened when a firefight was going on between British soldiers of 3rd Battalion The Rifles and the insurgents in.

Senior British officers were watching a grainy images of the fight from, about 30 miles from the battle at Patrol Base Almas. The officers mistook the soldiers' mud-walled compound for an enemy position and called down a U.S. Apache airstrike on the base. Roney was fatally shot in the head after a helicopter gunship opened fire on the base. He died later the next day after being taken to Camp Bastion. Eleven other British soldiers were wounded in the attack.

The coroner criticised the British commanders for the fact Patrol Base Almas was not marked on military maps, for the 'unprofessional' use of grainy images and for insisting there were no friendly forces in the area to the Apache crew. German soldiers killed six Afghan soldiers in a friendly fire incident on their way to attack a group of Taliban. Afghan soldiers were traveling in support of other Afghan troops in the area. The German Patrol opened fire killing six. Mark Antony Smith, age 26, of the 36 Engineer Regiment, was killed by a smoke shell fired upon by British troops in Province, Afghanistan. The is investigating his death and said a smoke shell, designed to provide cover for soldiers working on the ground, may have fallen short of its intended target. on 26 November 2011.

Forces opened fire on forces killing 24 Pakistani soldiers and causing a great diplomatic standoff between U.S. And Pakistan. ISAF forces argue they were there to hunt down militants at the AF-PAK border.

Pakistan had stopped transit of goods through its territory to ISAF in Afghanistan because of the incident. After an official apology by US Secretary of State on 3 July 2012 the NATO supply routes were restored. Two New Zealand soldiers were wounded by friendly fire from a 25mm gun mounted on an armored New Zealand LAV during a 12-minute firefight with insurgents in on 4 August 2012. A British female soldier and a Royal Marine man were mistakenly killed by another British unit on patrol after her unit opened fire on an Afghan policeman assuming he was a Taliban insurgent.

The British unit who killed a female soldier and a Royal Marine assumed they were under attack after the firing happened. Five United States operatives, and an Afghan Army counterpart were in Southern on June 9, 2014.

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