In military terminology, friendly fire or fratricide is an unintentional attack by allied or neutral forces on friendly troops while attempting to attack enemy or hostile targets. Many NATO militaries
The American B-17 Flying Fortress Miss Donna Mae II is damaged by bombs after drifting under the American bomber flying above it during the bombing of Berlin in 1944. The damage to the horizontal stabilizer caused the plane to go into an uncontrollable spin and crash, killing all 11 crew members.
Soldiers perform a night assault at Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center during Bold Quest 2011, a combat assessment exercise to test the interoperability of target identification systems of different allied nations to reduce friendly fire incidents.
Patrick Daniel Tillman was an American professional football player for the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League who left his sports career and enlisted in the United States Army Special
Friendly fire
…Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry regiment, which was conducting a night firing exercise near Kandahar. Another case of such an accident was the death of Pat Tillman in Afghanistan, although the exact circumstances of that incident are yet to be definitively determined. During World War II, "invasion stripes" were…
Tillman in 2003 as a specialist
Tillman's Arizona Cardinals jersey on display alongside his military jacket and other items at the NFL Experience during Super Bowl XLVI.
Tribute to Cpl Tillman at the National Infantry Museum in Columbus, Georgia. The plaque that was initially displayed inaccurately stated Tillman was in an enemy ambush. The plaque has since been corrected to accurately reflect the circumstances surrounding Corporal Tillman's death.
Mike O'Callaghan–Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge