died while on duty included 38,500 Britons, 9,980 Canadians—no less than 58 per cent of Canadians who flew with Bomber Command were killed—4,000 Australians, 1,700 New Zealanders , 977 Poles, 480 Czechs, 218 Free French , 188 members who were then known as Rhodesians, 68 Americans who were attached to Bomber Command