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===War in Afghanistan===

===War in Afghanistan===

*August 23, 2007: A USAF F-15 aircraft called in to support the British troops dropped a bomb on these forces due to the incorrect coordinates given to a U.S. pilot by the British Forward Air Controller, killing three privates of 1st Battalion, Royal Anglian Regiment with two others wounded. The British Forward Air Controller is currently facing Manslaughter charges.<ref>[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1038781/British-soldier-faces-manslaughter-charges-Afghanistan-friendly-deaths.html British soldier faces manslaughter charges over Afghanistan 'friendly fire' deaths]</ref>

*August 23, 2007: A USAF F-15 aircraft called in to support the British troops dropped a bomb on these forces due to the incorrect coordinates given to a U.S. pilot by the British Forward Air Controller, killing three privates of 1st Battalion, Royal Anglian Regiment with two others wounded. The British Forward Air Controller is currently facing manslaughter charges.<ref>[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1038781/British-soldier-faces-manslaughter-charges-Afghanistan-friendly-deaths.html British soldier faces manslaughter charges over Afghanistan 'friendly fire' deaths]</ref>

*September 26, 2007: Two Danish soldiers from the Royal Life Guards were killed by British Javelin anti-tank missiles attack during combat operations in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.<ref>[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article3070875.ece Danish soldiers killed by British friendly fire]</ref>

*September 26, 2007: Two Danish soldiers from the Royal Life Guards were killed by British Javelin anti-tank missiles attack during combat operations in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.<ref>[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article3070875.ece Danish soldiers killed by British friendly fire]</ref>

*December 5, 2010: A [[Kiwi]]-born Private John 'Jack' Howard of 3rd Battalion, the Parachute Regiment, serving in the British military was killed by a low-cannon fire from a [[USAF]] F-18 aircraft in Nad 'Ali district of Helmand province, Afghanistan, during a firefight with the Taliban in a bad weather.<ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/defence/8185369/Soldier-killed-by-US-friendly-fire-was-a-New-Zealander-in-British-army.html Soldier killed by US friendly fire was a New Zealander in British army ]</ref>

*December 5, 2010: A [[Kiwi]]-born Private John 'Jack' Howard of 3rd Battalion, the Parachute Regiment, serving in the British military was killed by a low-cannon fire from a [[USAF]] F-18 aircraft in Nad 'Ali district of Helmand Province, Afghanistan, during a firefight with the Taliban in a bad weather.<ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/defence/8185369/Soldier-killed-by-US-friendly-fire-was-a-New-Zealander-in-British-army.html Soldier killed by US friendly fire was a New Zealander in British army ]</ref>

===Iraq War===

===Iraq War===

*March 24, 2003: Sergeant Steven Roberts, a tank commander with the 2nd Royal Tank Regiment, was killed when a fellow British soldier manning a tank-mounted machine gun mistakenly fired at him while trying to shoot a wielding Iraqi protester.<ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2006/dec/18/military.iraq Bureaucratic delay resulted in soldier's death] ''The Guardian''</ref>

*March 24, 2003: Sergeant Steven Roberts, a tank commander with the 2nd Royal Tank Regiment, was killed when a fellow British soldier manning a tank-mounted machine gun mistakenly fired at him while trying to shoot a wielding Iraqi protester near [[Basra]], [[Iraq]].<ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2006/dec/18/military.iraq Bureaucratic delay resulted in soldier's death] ''The Guardian''</ref>

*March 25, 2003: Two British soldiers, Corporal Stephen John Allbutt and Trooper David Jeffrey Clarke, were killed when their Challenger 2 tank was hit by a round fired on from another British tank in southern Iraq.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/2886715.stm UK soldiers killed by 'friendly fire']</ref>

*March 25, 2003: Two British soldiers, Corporal Stephen John Allbutt and Trooper David Jeffrey Clarke, were killed when their Challenger 2 tank was hit by a round fired on from another British tank in southern Iraq.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/2886715.stm UK soldiers killed by 'friendly fire']</ref>

*April 2, 2003: A U.S. F/A-18 fighter aircraft was shot down by a U.S. Patriot missile in west of Karbala, Iraq, killing U.S. Navy pilot Lieutenant Nathan Dennis White of VFA-195, Carrier Air Wing Five.<ref>[http://www.aviationtoday.com/pressreleases/8587.html Widow of U.S. Naval Pilot Shot Down by Friendly Fire in Iraq Sues Raytheon Company for Wrongful Death]</ref>  

*April 2, 2003: A U.S. F/A-18 fighter aircraft was shot down by a U.S. Patriot missile in west of Karbala, Iraq, killing U.S. Navy pilot Lieutenant Nathan Dennis White of VFA-195, Carrier Air Wing Five.<ref>[http://www.aviationtoday.com/pressreleases/8587.html Widow of U.S. Naval Pilot Shot Down by Friendly Fire in Iraq Sues Raytheon Company for Wrongful Death]</ref>