List of post-1945 U.S. friendly-fire incidents with British victims

This is a list of friendly fire incidents by the U.S. Military on allied British personnel. The topic has become prevalent in British culture due to some recent incidents, and is often satirically portrayed in the media.

Iraq War

 * 6 April 2003, BBC World Affairs Editor John Simpson and members of his crew were injured when a bomb dropped from U.S planes hit their vehicle convoy, killing 15 people.
 * 28 March 2003, The 190th Fighter Squadron, Blues and Royals friendly fire incident, a soldier is killed by A-10 jets as well as five others wounded.
 * 22 March 2003, A British Tornado jet is shot down by a U.S. Patriot missile, killing both pilot and navigator.

War in Afghanistan

 * July, 2007, Guardsman Matthew Lyne-Pirkis, of the Grenadier Guards, was wounded along with three other allied soldiers of the Afghan National Army after being hit by gunfire from a U.S. Apache Helicopter Gunship.
 * 23 August 2007, A bomb dropped by an F-15 jet killed three soldiers of the Royal Anglian Regiment and wounded a further two.
 * 5 December 2006, Marine Jonathan Wigley's death was caused by a round fired from a U.S. A-10 jet.

Gulf War

 * 14 April 1994, two British civilians were killed in the Black Hawk shootdown incident.
 * 27 February 1991, Two British soldiers of the Queen's Royal Irish Hussars were injured when their Scorpion armoured vehicles were fired on by US M1 Abrams tanks.
 * 26 February 1991, Nine British troops, of the 3rd Battalion Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, were killed and a further 11 injured after their Warrior armoured vehicles were attacked by Maverick missiles from two A-10s jets. An Oxford inquest returned a verdict of unlawful killings.

Korean War

 * 23 September 1950, During the "Battle of Hill 282", 3 US Air Force P-51 Mustang planes attacked a position held by the 1st Battalion of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders with guns and Napalm, killing 17 and wounding 76.