About 200 airmen of the Dutch Washington, Feb. 11.
In reply to the United States protest against the bombing of an American mission in the Anglo-Fgyptian Sudan last August, the italian Government has denied that the attack was made by Italian planes.
The reply declares that according to the report received from the italian East African High Command, "the bombardment of the mission as broadcast by the British is, in so far as we are concerned, unfounded."—Reuter.
Air force who escaped from Holland to England have been sent to the Indies, where they augment the constantly increasing number of bombing pilots and observers.
Moro Krambangan possesses repair shops of all types. Planes are rebuilt and assembled on the spot. Few repairs are too difficult to handle. The labour is mainly native. Bosses are Dutch petty officers. Native aptitude for handicraft work makes most jobs easy, but more intricate mechanical problems are always carefully supervised.
The barracks and general accummodation are excellent, and defence batteries plus other means for the protection of the base well planned.
The sailors, both at the dockyard and at the flying base, are more than eager for action. Because of naval regulations they could not bring their wives-to the Indies when assigned here before the invasion of Holland.
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