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Most of the 1,100 officers and men of the Royal Australian Volunteer Naval Reserve who took part in Operation Neptune on D-Day served aboard British ships, while some also commanded landing flotillas or motor torpedo boats. Approximately 11,000 Royal Australian Air Force officers and men served with Royal Air Force or Royal Australian Air Force squadrons during every phase of D-Day. Australia also provided 15 percent of the 1136 aircraft committed by Bomber Command on D-Day.
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