Being Dutch I can't hold myself from adding a little bit of history.
ORIGINAL: wdolson
The 90th BG was equipped in Australia with B-25s that had been bought by the Dutch government and arrived in Australia about the time Java was invaded. The B-25s were sitting on an airfield in Brisbane (I think) in limbo when discovered by 5th AF's top engineering officer, Pappy Gunn and they were essentially stolen. So this one unit has the ability to draw B-25s from the Dutch pool of B-25s. It's up to the player to decide if the Dutch or the 5th AF wins the battle for who gets these B-25s.
Bill
In fact the main parts of the Dutch government fled the country together with the Queen and royal family. They joined other exiled victims of the Germans in
London! They, the Dutch Government in exile and the Queen, stayed there for the duration of the Dutch occupation. There is some Canada involved in this. The Queen's daughter (Princess Juliana, heir to the throne) and grandchildren (all daughters/granddaughters) were transfered to Canada for safekeeping.
So the remains of the Dutch Empire, being the occupied Netherlands, large parts of Indonesia (Dutch East Indies), Surinam and some Caribbean Islands, were governed from London. In part this saved the idea of an independent country even after Japan controlled the Dutch East Indies.
In Europe all different strategies by different countries in maintaining some way of self-government during German occupation make for a very interesting part of WW2 history. Which makes me think it would probably be similar for Japanese occupied countries. Although I've never seen any material on that issue. Does it exist???
Concerning the Dutch B-25's, they eventually ended up as part of the RAAF 18 Squadron flown by Dutch NEI pilots. An interesting read is this webpage of the
Australian War Memorial
Cheers!
