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.
No. 18 Squadron was a joint Dutch and Australian bomber squadron of World War II. Formed in April 1942, the squadron was staffed by a mixture of Dutch and Australian personnel and placed under Royal Australian Air Force operational command. Initially it undertook anti-submarine patrols on the east coast of Australia, before moving to northern Australia and taking part in operations against the Japanese in the islands of the Netherlands East Indies (NEI). At the conclusion of hostilities, the squadron came under Dutch control and Australian personnel were transferred out. The squadron then undertook operations during the Indonesian National Revolution, before eventually being disbanded in July 1950 after being transferred to Indonesia.
B-25 Mitchell formation near their base in Canberra, Australia, 1942
B-25 Mitchell bombers from No. 18 (NEI) Squadron flying in formation near Darwin in 1943