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Angiolillo
On R.VI: "The crew varied with the mission, but generally the complement was seven men, consisting of the commander/navigator and two pilots (of these three, two were usually commissioned officers), a wireless operator, two flight mechanics and a fuel attendant. For additional protection one or two gunners could be accomodated, but this was the exception rather than the rule."
(G W Haddow & Peter M Grosz, The German Giants - R Planes 1914-1918, Putnam 1988, page 252)
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