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01-09-2009, 06:50 AM
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| 120(NEI)sqn During WWII there were two combined Dutch/Australian squadrons that served under the RAAF in the Pacific. No.18(NEI)sqn (B25's) is generally the better known of the two, there even being a restored B-25 flying in Europe representing one of the squadrons' aircraft. On the other hand 120(NEI) sqn seems to be almost forgotten, just try finding good info on them and you'll see what I mean! Anyway in my efforts to find good info on this squadron I decided to write a short history, mainly for my own knowledge and secondly hopefully to keep their memory alive amongst us WWII buffs. Marcel helped me out early last year with some stuff regardin 120 sqn, so hopefully you find it of some interest mate. Anyway here is a PDF file (Alex & Terry  ) of a brief history of the squadron written by me. All comments/Criticism welcome.
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01-09-2009, 09:20 AM
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| Bloody Marvalous!  Really interesting read ! Thanks for sharing
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01-09-2009, 10:10 AM
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  | Excellent stuff, really interesting read.
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01-09-2009, 10:13 AM
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| Great work Andy and thanks for doing this  I haven't read it in detail, but I'll do that when I get home. 120(NEI) is nicknamed "Forgotten squadron" here by the people who know it. It is virtually unknown even here in The Netherlands.
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01-09-2009, 12:16 PM
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| Great bit of work Andy, well done mate! |
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01-09-2009, 12:40 PM
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| Awesome stuff Andy. 
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01-11-2009, 01:42 AM
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| Many thanks for the feedback guys!
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01-11-2009, 03:35 AM
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| Great pics Andy; I'll PM you with some thoughts. |
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01-11-2009, 06:28 AM
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| Also posted before, in Dutch, but some nice color film footage: Publieke Omroep: Generieke Mediaplayer
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01-15-2009, 04:13 AM
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| Guys for anyone interested, I've updated the above file with some extra text, corrections and some pics and a map thrown in for good measure. Feel free to have a second look. A public thanks to terry for all the help and support!
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01-16-2009, 01:31 PM
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| I'll take a look at it tomorrow mate! Those photos are great! I'd like to delve into this subject quite a bit. Thanks mate!
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01-29-2009, 04:55 PM
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| Just curious, where did the pilots come from? This squadron formed at the end of 1943 and the Dutch had been at war from almost the beginning. |
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02-03-2009, 06:36 AM
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| Also worth noting was that these pilots were trained in the US at Jackson AB in Mississippi where the Dutch had a flying school.
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02-04-2009, 01:36 AM
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| Hi Andy, Below some photo's which I found in the Dutch Airforce museum in Soesterberg (made a photo of the photo's for you  ). One of the pictures, you can see Commander Maurenbrecher talking to his pilots.
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