Don't forget that the RAF/SAAF squadrons were heavily populated with RAAF crews..
First RAAF loss during Warsaw Uprising
In August 1944, the Polish resistance staged an uprising in Warsaw in the hope (ultimately unfulfilled) that advancing Russian forces would help liberate the city from the occupying Germans. No 148 Squadron, RAF, and two Liberator units of the RAF’s 205 Group based at Foggia, Italy, flew missions to support the insurgents by heroically dropping relief supplies into Warsaw, at night, and often in extremely adverse weather. For the units at Foggia, the task entailed a 2800-kilometre round trip avoiding known areas of heavy enemy flak (anti-aircraft fire). RAAF personnel were serving in all three squadrons, and took part in many of the more than 200 sorties attempted––only 104 of which were successful. On this day the aircraft of No 178 Squadron flown by Warrant Officer Murray Baxter failed to return from a mission begun the night before. He was the first Australian lost during the most intensive period of operations.