1940 ⟶ Marshal Balbo Killed in Friendly Fire Incident
Marshal Italo Balbo, Commander-in-Chief of Italian North Afr...
Year
1939
1940
💥 Friendly Fire Incident at Barking Creek
In the so-called battle of Barking Creek, a friendly fire incident, due to the misidentification as hostile of an incoming team of eleven Hurricanes, two aircraft are shot down and the first British fighter pilot killed.⟶
UKAir ForceFriendly FireBarking CreekCasualtiesEarly War
💥 Marshal Balbo Killed in Friendly Fire Incident
Marshal Italo Balbo, Commander-in-Chief of Italian North Africa, is accidentally killed in a "friendly fire incident" by Italian anti-aircraft fire at Tobruk, Libya.⟶
ItalyLibyaNorth AfricaTobrukFriendly FireMilitary LeadershipAccidental DeathAxisWorld War IIWar in Africa