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Old 24th February 2005, 18:27
Six Nifty .50s Six Nifty .50s is offline
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Re: The Down Under Colonials and the British

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Originally Posted by RodM
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5. For the record, here are some official casualty statistics that will give a general indication of non-UK involvement in RAF Bomber Command:

Deaths -
RAF 38,462 (69.2%)
RCAF 9,919 (17.8%)
RAAF 4,050 (7.3%)
RNZAF 1,679 (3.0%)
PAF 929 (1.7%)
Other Allied 473 (0.9%)
SAAF & Other Dominions 61 (0.1%)
Your figures are misleading.

A large portion of foreigners served in RAF squadrons -- e.g. not all Canadians were in RCAF units, not all Aussies were in RAAF units, and so on.


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Originally Posted by RodM
'I cannot say that I have seen much 'Britain alone' attitudes in modern documentaries (although it would not surprise me) but then for the true historian, much of what the 'History Channel' shows is rubbish anyway
Consider the source.

Many of the documentaries shown on the History Channel are British-made. Most of these programs are badly researched. They contain outdated information and numerous factual errors.
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