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Trade Adjutant Air Bomber Air Gnr./Nav./Bomber Air Gunner Air Gunner Instructor Air Observer Air Observer/Bomb Aimer Bandmaster Bomb Aimer Bomb Aimer Instructor Bomb Aimer/Air Gunner Bomb Aimer/Navigator Bomb Aimer/Observer Cadet Chaplain Co-Pilot Doctor Drogue Operator Electrician/Air Gnr. F.M.Airf./Air Gnr. Fitter II/Air Gunner Flight Engineer Flight Engineer Instructo Flight Engineer/Air Gunne Flight Mech. (A)/Air Gnr. Flight Mech. Eng./Air Gnr Flight Mechanic Flight Mechanic (Air) Flight Rigger/Air Gunner Flight/Air Gnr. Flying Instructor Glider Pilot Gunner Instructor Instructor Navigator Lieutenant Aviateur Meteorological Observer Nav./E. Nav./W. Op. Instructor Navigator Navigator (Bomber Wireles Navigator (Bomber) Navigator Instructor Navigator/Air Gunner Navigator/Observer Navigator/Radar Operator Navigator/Wireless Op. Obs./Fitter 1st Class Observer Observer/Air Bomber Observer/Air Gunner Observer/Bomb Aimer Observer/Radar Operator Pilot Pilot II Pilot Instructor Pilot/Flight Engineer Pilot/Flying Instructor Pilot/Navigator Pilot/Observer Pupil Air Gunner Pupil Bomb Aimer Pupil Navigator Pupil Observer/Wireless O Pupil Pilot Pupil W.Op./Air Gnr. Radar Radio Officer Radio Operator Radio Operator (Air) Radio/Observer Scientific Officer Signals/Air Gunner Test Pilot U/T Air Bomber U/T Air Gunner U/T Bomb Aimer U/T Flight Engineer U/T Flight Mechanic U/T Navigator U/T Navigator (Bomber) U/T Navigator/Pilot U/T Navigator/Wireless Op U/T Observer U/T Observer/Radar Op. U/T Pilot U/T Pilot (Cadet) U/T Pilot/Observer U/T Radio Operator (Air) U/T Radio/Observer U/T Wireless Op./Air Gunn U/T Wireless Op./Mechanic U/T Wireless Op./Observer U/T Wireless Operator U/T Wireless Operator (Ai W.E. Mech./Air Gunner W.E. Mechanic W.Op./W.E. Mech. Wireless Op Air Gunner Wireless Op. Instructor Wireless Op. Mech./Air Gn Wireless Op./Air Bomber Wireless Op./Air Gunner Wireless Op./Mechanic Wireless Op./Mechanic (Ai Wireless Op./Observer Wireless Operator Wireless Operator (Air)

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Year	1939	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945	1946	1947
Total Records	689	6886	13036	21407	29805	33068	13728	2389	1425
Accounted	689 (100.00%)	6882 (99.94%)	12994 (99.68%)	21298 (99.49%)	29571 (99.21%)	32761 (99.07%)	13367 (97.37%)	2108 (88.24%)	1168 (81.96%)
Unaccounted	0 (0.00%)	4 (0.06%)	42 (0.32%)	109 (0.51%)	234 (0.79%)	307 (0.93%)	361 (2.63%)	281 (11.76%)	257 (18.04%)

Numbers By Region

Region	Total Casualties	Unaccounted
UK / Home	52043	809 (1.55%)
SEAC	8166	559 (6.85%)
Africa	2482	138 (5.56%)
Middle East	435	68 (15.63%)
Pacific	4587	15 (0.33%)
Mediterranean	6429	3 (0.05%)
Africa - North	6759	3 (0.04%)
Europe	37134	0 (0.00%)
Americas	4398	0 (0.00%)

Numbers By Country

Region	Total Casualties	Unaccounted
United Kingdom	52043	809 (1.55%)
India	2069	487 (23.54%)
South Africa	1264	85 (6.72%)
Iraq	300	66 (22.00%)
Singapore	3127	49 (1.57%)
Zimbabwe	444	22 (4.95%)
Ghana	76	13 (17.11%)
Myanmar	523	12 (2.29%)
Bangladesh	359	9 (2.51%)
New Zealand	488	7 (1.43%)
Sierra Leone	65	7 (10.77%)
Australia	2706	7 (0.26%)
Gambia	52	4 (7.69%)
Nigeria	78	3 (3.85%)
Israel and Palestine (including Gaza)	341	3 (0.88%)
Namibia	3	3 (100.00%)
Egypt	5086	2 (0.04%)
Sri Lanka	267	2 (0.75%)
Iran	27	2 (7.41%)
Hong Kong	79	1 (1.27%)

Numbers By Force

Force	Total Casualties	Unaccounted
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve	67278	598 (0.89%)
Royal Indian Air Force	897	518 (57.75%)
Royal Air Force	15277	204 (1.34%)
South African Air Force	2668	82 (3.07%)
R.A.F. Iraq Levies	144	69 (47.92%)
Royal Air Force (Auxiliary Air Force)	787	41 (5.21%)
West African Air Corps	28	27 (96.43%)
Rhodesia Air Askari Corps	73	22 (30.14%)
Women's Auxiliary Air Force (S.A.A.F.)	39	9 (23.08%)
Royal Australian Air Force	11071	6 (0.05%)
Royal New Zealand Air Force	3778	5 (0.13%)
Burma Volunteer Air Force	8	4 (50.00%)
Polish Air Force	1462	2 (0.14%)
Greek Air Force	51	2 (3.92%)
New Zealand Women's Auxiliary Air Force	10	2 (20.00%)
Malayan Volunteer Air Force	13	2 (15.38%)
Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force	59	1 (1.69%)
Netherlands Air Force	37	1 (2.70%)
Princess Mary's R.A.F. Nursing Service	7	0 (0.00%)
Southern Rhodesia Women's Auxiliary Air Service	5	0 (0.00%)

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Unaccounted Totals by Month and Year

Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1939	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1940	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1
1941	6	0	2	1	4	1	5	7	5	1	7	3
1942	5	8	9	9	9	10	11	17	5	11	8	7
1943	18	12	15	18	25	21	20	13	22	18	21	31
1944	22	30	22	25	27	29	35	25	26	24	26	16
1945	36	32	30	37	30	33	23	28	24	26	29	33
1946	32	31	26	22	22	22	27	25	16	18	16	24
1947	17	21	23	29	22	16	23	20	31	19	19	17

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