In the Pacific Theatre Lt Col Jerry Johnson of the 49th FG was an ACE with 25 kills. On his P-38 were the flags for 24 Japanese and 1 Australian kills. He had accidently shot down an RAAF Wirraway by mistake. Seems strange to have an Allied kill marking on his plane. IF you happen to see a copy of "Aircraft of the Aces,Legends of the Skies" published by Osprey on page 110 you will see a photo of LT Col Johnson posing with some fellow pilots in front of his P-38 with the Australian flag kill marking


"Remarks:
22 Victories scored, 11 in each of two tours, with the 49th FG. Johnson included an Australian Victory flag on his "tally board" displayed on his last P-38 - On November 15, 1943, Johnson had shot down a RAAF Wirraway recon/fighter (resembling a North American AT-6 Trainer or a Mitsubishi Zero from head-on!) in a head-on pass after being advised over the R/T by ground control that the Australians had left the combat area and Japanese Zeros had entered. The Wirraway pilot, RAAF Flight Officer Stewart managed to crash-land and was not seriously harmed. Johnson Air Base, Japan is named after Col. Johnson."
http://www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/URG/grjohnson.html

IIRC wasnt there an incident where US planes shot down some Soviet ones or vice versa later in the war? How many other air "Blue on Blue" incidents happened during the war?

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