HQ RAF Transport Command
Commander : Chief Air Marshal Sir Frederick Bowhill
38 Group
Group HQ
Commander : Air Vice Marshal L. N. Hollinghurst
Based at RAF Netheravon.
190 Squadron
Commander : Wing Commander G. E. Harrison
Based at Fairford. Flew 98 Stirling sorties - 6 parachute dropping, 42 glider towing, 50 resupply.
Aircraft lost: 12 Men killed: 38 Captured: 15 Evacuated: 25
196 Squadron
Commander : Wing Commander W. M. L. Baker
Based at Keevil. Flew 112 Stirling sorties - 56 glider towing, 56 resupply.
Aircraft lost: 10 Men killed: 26 Captured: 2 Evacuated: 33
295 Squadron
Commanders : Wing Commanders B. R. MacNamara and H. E. Angell
Based at Harwell. Flew 106 Stirling sorties - 28 glider towing (Including Airborne Corps HQ to Nijmegan), 78 resupply.
Aircraft lost: 3 Men killed: 7 Captured: 7 Evacuated: 4
296 Squadron
Commander : Wing Commander D. I. McInnies
Based at Brize Norton, but operating missions to Arnhem from Manston. Flew 50 Albermarle sorties - all glider towing.
Aircraft lost: 0 Men killed: 0 Captured: 0 Evacuated: 0
297 Squadron
Commanders : Wing Commanders J. G. Minifie and J. R. Grice
Based at Brize Norton, but operating missions to Arnhem from Manston. Flew 50 Albermarle sorties - all glider towing.
Aircraft lost: 0 Men killed: 0 Captured: 0 Evacuated: 0
298 Squadron
Commander : Wing Commander D. H. Duder
Based at Tarrant Rushton. Flew 46 Halifax sorties - all glider towing.
Aircraft lost: 0 Men killed: 0 Captured: 0 Evacuated: 0
299 Squadron
Commanders : Wing Commanders P. B. N. Davis and C. B. R. Colenso
Based at Keevil. Flew 112 Stirling sorties - 54 glider towing, 58 resupply.
Aircraft lost: 5 Men killed: 4 Captured: 10 Evacuated: 18
570 Squadron
Commander : Wing Commander K. R. Slater
Based at Harwell. Flew 103 Stirling sorties - 30 glider towing (Including Airborne Corps HQ to Nijmegan), 73 resupply.
Aircraft lost: 9 Men killed: 22 Captured: 16 Evacuated: 18
620 Squadron
Commander : Wing Commander D. H. Lee
Based at Fairford. Flew 104 Stirling sorties - 6 parachute dropping, 42 glider towing, 56 resupply.
Aircraft lost: 5 Men killed: 8 Captured: 7 Evacuated: 15
644 Squadron
Commander : Wing Commander V. A. Pope
Based at Tarrant Rushton. Flew 46 Halifax sorties - all glider towing.
Aircraft lost: 0 Men killed: 0 Captured: 0 Evacuated: 0
46 Group
Group HQ
Commander : Air Commodore L. Darnell
Based at RAF Netheravon.
48 Squadron
Commander : Wing Commander M. Hallam
Based at Down Ampney. Flew 111 Dakota sorties - 52 glider towing, 59 resupply.
Aircraft lost: 7 Men killed: 16 Captured: 4 Evacuated: 10
233 Squadron
Commander : Wing Commander W. E. Coles
Based at Blakehill Farm. Flew 73 Dakota sorties - 42 glider towing, 31 resupply.
Aircraft lost: 3 Men killed: 6 Captured: 4 Evacuated: 2
271 Squadron
Commander : Wing Commander M. Booth
Based at Down Ampney. Flew 98 Dakota sorties - 47 glider towing, 51 resupply.
Aicraft lost: 5 Men killed: 8 Captured: 4 Evacuated: 12
437 (RCAF) Squadron
Commander : Wing Commander J. A. Sproule
Based at Blakehill Farm. Flew 45 Dakota sorties - 16 glider towing, 29 resupply.
Aircraft lost: 5 Men killed: 12 Captured: 4 Evacuated: 4
512 Squadron
Commander : Wing Commander B. A. Coventry
Based at Broadwell. Flew 77 Dakota sorties - 48 glider towing, 29 resupply.
Aircraft lost: 3 Men killed: 2 Captured: 6 Evacuated: 4
575 Squadron
Commander : Wing Commander T. A. Jefferson
Based at Broadwell. Flew 108 Dakota sorties - 48 glider towing, 60 resupply (28 of which from Brussels).
Aircraft lost: 1 Men killed: 5 Captured: 0 Evacuated: 0
RASC Air Despatch Units
48 Air Despatch Group
HQ at Poulton, near Cirencester. The group's air-despatch companies were 233, 799, and 800. All were based on or near to the Dakota squadron airfields of 46 Group. Most of this group acted as despatchers with 48 Group, but some also flew in the Stirlings of 38 Group during the later stages of the Arnhem resupply operation.
49 Air Despatch Group
HQ at Down Ampney. The despatchers of this unit were drawn from 63 and 253 Light Composite Companies. All or most of them flew in the Stirlings of 38 Group.
Total Casualties (approximate):
Men killed: 79 Captured: 44 Evacuated: 58
Fatal Casualties:
223 Company: 18
799 Company: 8
800 Company: 6
63 Company: 17
253 Company: 27
Unknown units: 3
