Imber friendly fire incident (Q16846678)

matcher place: Heytesbury (relation 5563861)
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English Wikipedia categories: 1940s fires in the United Kingdom, 1942 disasters in the United Kingdom, 1942 fires, 1942 in England, 1942 in military history, 20th century in Wiltshire, Accidents and incidents involving Royal Air Force aircraft, April 1942 events in the United Kingdom, Disasters in Wiltshire, Friendly fire incidents of World War II, History of Wiltshire, Military history of Wiltshire

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Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The Imber friendly fire incident took place on 13 April 1942 at Imber in the English county of Wiltshire during the Second World War. One of the Royal Air Force fighter aircraft taking part in a firepower demonstration accidentally opened fire on a crowd of spectators, killing 25 and wounding 71. Pilot error and bad weather were blamed for the incident.

Wikidata location: 51.2340, -2.0510 view on OSM or edit on OSM

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Accidents and incidents involving Royal Air Force aircraft

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