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No. 77 Squadron became not only the first Australian squadron, but the first of the whole British Commonwealth to enter the fighting. In three years No. 77 Squadron lost thirty-five members dead and in addition a number of RAF pilots on exchange duty with the Squadron were killed in action. The Squadron carried out 81,872 individual sorties, destroying 3,700 buildings, 1,500 vehicles and 16 bridges.