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Royal Army Service Corps
Air Despatch Units

The RASC despatcher 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

48 Air Despatch Group

HQ at Paulton, near Cirencester
49 Air Despatch Group HQ Location unknown

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

48 Air Despatch Group
Head Quarters at Paulton

The 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.

49 Air Despatch Group
Head Quarters location unknown

This 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.

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