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Old 07-10-2008, 02:02 AM   #1
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Was there ever an incident in WW2 (or any other war) where an aircraft fought another aircraft of the same type? Something like a Finnish P-36 fighting a British P-36. Did a plan ever fight itself?
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Egypt and israel... spitfire vis spitfire
All Known Israeli Air Combat Victories

El Salvador and Hondoras... P-51's and F4U's in The Football War

Spanish Civil War... Nieuport-Delage NiD-52 and others
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When Hitler invaded Yugoslavia, the Royal Yugoslav Air Force were using Bf 109Es against the Luftwaffe.

Heres a site that lists the Yugoslav aces...
Air Aces Homepage

Neutral Switzerland also had German machines that were used to protect their borders. Whenever hostile aircraft, such as German fighters or bombers crossed into their airspace, a few battles raged.

A quik ref from wiki......

"On 10 May 1940, air combat between Switzerland and Germany was initiated. Several Swiss Bf 109s engaged a German Dornier Do 17 near the border at Bütschwil; in the ensuing exchange of fire, the Dornier was hit and eventually forced to land near Altenrhein.

On 1 June the Flugwaffe dispatched 12 Bf 109 E-1s to engage 36 unescorted German Heinkel He 111s of Kampfgeschwader 53 that were crossing Swiss airspace to attack the Lyon - Marseilles railway system. The Swiss Air force sustained its first casualty in the engagement when Sub Lieutenant Rudolf Rickenbacher was killed when the fuel tank of his Bf 109 exploded after being hit by the Heinkel's return fire. However the Swiss Emils shot down six He 111s.

On 8 June, a C-35 observation aircraft, an antiquated biplane, was attacked over the Jura Mountains by two German Bf 110s; the pilot and observer were killed. Later on the same day, Swiss Captain Lindecker led about 15 Swiss Emils to intercept a formation of German He 111s escorted by II./Zerstörergeschwader 1's Bf 110s. The engagement resulted in five Bf 110s being shot down (including the Staffelkapitän Gerhard Kadow) for the loss of one Swiss Bf 109.
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German Bf-109s fought against Romanian ones when they changed sides, 1944-1945.
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If memory serves, the last recorded kill of a Corsair came from a Corsair in, as Comiso pointed out, the Football war.
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Egypt and israel... spitfire vis spitfire
All Known Israeli Air Combat Victories

El Salvador and Hondoras... P-51's and F4U's in The Football War

Spanish Civil War... Nieuport-Delage NiD-52 and others
lolllll interesting name, ill research about that war !
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Try this.......

El Salvador Honduras War 1969
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Just reading about such an incident.....
German Ace Hans-Ekkehard Bob flying a Bf109E-4 shot down a Bf109E-3 of the Yugoslavian Air Force for his 20th victory, April 6th 1941.
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Thanks for the info.
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I believe Finnish 109's fought German 109's after switching sides as well.


THe Finns also had Hurricanes (Mk.I's), but they never met Russian Hurricanes in combat.
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The Finnish Air Force is a huge source of such possibilities. Finnish Hurricanes against Russian Hurricanes. Now, P-40's fought against P-36's from the same factory at operation Torch. Also, in Finland, Finnish P-36's fought Russian P-40's. The Finns managed to capture a bunch of Polykarpov fighters and ended up using them against the Russians, who flew mostly those types up there at that time. One of most amazing ones was the He 115's of the Luftwaffe fighting against He 115's of Norway in 1940, and the pilots mistaking each other for friend or foe.
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Old 07-20-2008, 04:15 AM   #12
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The Finnish Air Force is a huge source of such possibilities.
- I-153 vs. I-153
- LaGG-3 vs. LaGG-3
- Finnish Hurricanes fought at the same section of the (Carelian) Front as the Soviet ones but didn't meet.
- Finnish DBs, SBs and Pe2s against same types on the ground.

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