Today I came across the details of the death of my namesake, Pilot Officer Thomas Patrick Quinn, in Oct. 1943:
At 16.05hrs Mosquito DD738 struck Mosquito HJ713 [Patrick’s plane] from behind while the aircraft were flying at around 7,000 feet…
RIP, T. P. Quinn.
So was it friendly fire?
Sounds like it wasn’t even fire, but a mid-air collision, a training accident.