MARKETGARDEN.COM - THE DIGITAL MONUMENT 1995-2020
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Order
of Battle and Operational Details |
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Royal Army Service
Corps
Air Despatch Units |
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casualties in shot-down aircraft are believed to be: died: 79; prisoners: 44; returned
safely: 58. Fatal casualties were: 253 Company: 27; 223 Company: 18; 63 Company: 17; 799
Company: 8; 800 Company: 6; unknown units: 3 |
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48 Air Despatch Group
Head Quarters at Paulton |
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group's air-despatch companies were 223, 799 and 800, all based on or near the Dakota
squadron airfields of 46 Group. Most of these units' despatchers flew with those
squadrons, but some may have also flown in 38 Group Stirlings in later stages of the
Arnhem resupply operation. |
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49 Air Despatch Group
Head Quarters location unknown |
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was probably a looser organization which used as despatchers men drawn from 253 and 63
Light Composite Companies, which were Ist and 6th Airborne Divisional companies; all or
most of these despatchers flew in 38 Group Stirlings on the Arnhem operation. back
to the other statistics |
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