About 200 airmen of the Dutch Air force who escaped from Holland to England have been sent to the Indies, where they augment the ce tantly 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 dificult 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 super vised, The sailors, both at the dockyard and at the fying base, are more than eager for action. Because of naval regulations they could not Dung their wives to the Indies when assigned here before the invasion of Holland.
They have had little news of their families. A chance to strike back London and not merely representatives of the N.EI. Government in Batavia, 'Japan, it was announced, acknow-Jedged ihe Netherlands' Government position and replied that the position was "now very clear,"—United Press.
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