Some info regarding the events 80 years ago in and around the (then) colony:     ML-KNIL (Royal Netherlands East Indies Army Air Force): Around 1936 the focus had been on bombers for defence and in the following years Glenn Martin B-10's had been ordered and received. With tension rising at the end of the thirties the lack of fighter planes was felt and the search for these then started resulting first in the Curtiss 75 Hawk (20) and Curtiss Interceptor (24) fighters. This w