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(nicknamed the Jackson Flying School as the headquarter
was based at Jackson airbase in the USA)
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After capitulation a number of planes of the Naval Air Service escaped to France and from there to the United Kingdom. A number of pilots and engineers of the LVA (Dutch Air Force) escaped to the UK too.
During the first years of the WW2 training for new pilots went on in the Dutch East Indies. There were two flying schools; one with the Royal Dutch Indies Army (KNIL) and the other with the Dutch Naval Services (MLD).
When the Japanese occupied the East Indies, the training came to an end. At first all the young pilots were sent to Australia. There was not enough equipment in Australia to start a new flying school. And on the other hand a lot of fighting units of the RAAF, the RAF and the USAAF needed all available airfields. The Dutch got the oppurtunity to start their own Flying School in the USA. General MacArthur advised that beside the RAAF flying schools all other flying schools should move to other countries because he expected a Japanes invasion of Australia. A request to start a flying school in the USA was sent to General Eisenhower who decided to make arrangements for establishing a flying school for the Dutch.
The final agreement was signed by General Henry A. Arnold on 24th april 1942. In may 1942 equipment was purchased from The USAAF. Primary Training started at Sherman Airfield at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Basic Training at Hinds Airbase not far from Jackson, Mississippi and the Advanced Training at Tallulah Airbase with Forest Field as a reserve. Headquarters of the RNMFS were at Jackson Army Air Base.
