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Re: Average number of the RAF Dakotas per Sqdn
The despatcher and kickers were back end crew, often RASC.
The fourth man on the flight deck was the navigator.
For D-Day, the RAF ensured that all transports had a navigator trained to Bomber Command standards (including use of Gee).
Many of these were diverted from Bomber Command to meet the rapid 1944 build up of UK-based RAF transport units (made possible by reduced Bomber Command losses at the end of the 'Battle of Berlin').
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