The Royal Netherlands East Indies Army Air Force was the air arm of the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army in the Dutch East Indies from 1939 until 1950. It was an entirely separate organisation from the Royal Netherlands Air Force.
Air Vice-Marshal Conway Pulford greeting pilots of the ML-KNIL in Singapore, January 1942.
No. 120 (Netherlands East Indies) Squadron RAAF Badge 1943–1946
A pilot with his Fokker C.V, 1937.
The Royal Netherlands East Indies Army was the military force maintained by the Kingdom of the Netherlands in its colony of the Dutch East Indies, in areas that are now part of Indonesia. The KNIL's air arm was the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army Air Force. Elements of the Royal Netherlands Navy and Government Navy were also stationed in the Netherlands East Indies.
Poster for recruitment for the KNIL. 1938
Home Guard poster (1941)
Recruitement poster – Versterkt onze gelederen! (1944)