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*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>
*March 30th, 2003: British Royal Marine Christopher Maddison was killed when his river patrol boat was hit by missiles fired upon by British Royal Engineers who mistook him for an enemy vessel in Al-Faw Peninsula, Iraq.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/north_yorkshire/6187414.stm Failings' behind death of marine]</ref>
*March 30th, 2003: British Royal Marine Christopher Maddison was killed when his river patrol boat was hit by missiles fired upon by British Royal Engineers who mistook him for an enemy vessel in Al-Faw Peninsula, Iraq.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/north_yorkshire/6187414.stm Failings' behind death of marine]</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 was killed.<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>
==Further reading==
==Further reading==