RAF Mosquito PR Mk XVI of 140 Squadron accidentally shot down by 2/Lt R E Lewis in a P-51 Mustang after being mistaken for a Me 410 on October 6 1944

RAF Mosquito PR Mk XVI of 140 Squadron accidentally shot down by 2/Lt R E Lewis in a P-51 Mustang after being mistaken for a Me

Mosquito NS522 - Missing from PR mission over Frisian Is. 6.10.44 Failed to return from reconnaissance NS522, a 140 Sqn machine, is described in Shores & Thomas' "2nd Tactical Air Force" books as having been shot down on 6 October 1944 by P-51s of the 4th FG,(335 Squadron 2/Lt RE Lewis) who claimed an Me 410 nr Helgoland.

F/Lt (46333) Alfred Ernest PALMER (pilot) RAF - killed

F/Sgt (1335101) Douglas GARDNER (nav.) RAFVR - killed

https://www.aviation-safety.net/wikibase/165286

This list suggests that Mosquito NS523 of the same squadron was shot down by a P-47 only 4 days earlier: http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txt

Some other friendly fire incidents on the list:

NS856 FBVI 107 Shot down by P-51 S of Dieppe 28.3.44

MV530 NF30 25 Hit by US AA fire and bellylanded on fire Ingolstadt 7.5.45 DBF

MV541 NF30 85 Hit by US AA fire on bomber support mission and abandoned 10m W of Koblenz 14.3.45

NT365 NF30 68 Hit by own AA on interception and abandoned Martham Norfolk 4.3.45

NT179 FBVI 21 Shot down by another intruder over Germany 29.9.44

DD742 NFII 85/TFU/85 Shot down by own AA Hove Sussex 2.4.43

HK120 NFXII 85 Pres. shot down by own AA St.Margarets Bay Kent 9.10.43

HK289 NFXVII 219/68 Shot down by own AA Somerleyton Suffolk 14.11.44

HK291 NFXVII 125 Shot down by own AA on V-1 patrol off Hastings Sussex 21.8.44

MM237 BIX 105 Shot down by night fighter in error and abandoned Frayling Abbey Norfolk 7.3.45 on return from Berlin

MM503 NFXIII 604 Shot down on patrol in error by Beaufighter Lyme Bay 29.5.44

DZ600 FBIV 540/544 Shot down by another Mosquito nr Benson and crashed at Ipsden 28.7.43

MM629 NFXIX 85/157 Shot down in error by Mosquito MM630 and abandoned on night patrol 21.11.44

Getting shot down by someone flying the same aircraft type must have been particularly galling.