Dutch airmen born in Holland or Netherlands East Indies who fly Mitchell medium bomber aircraft from north-west Australian base avidly read news of the liberation of Holland by Allied forces operating in Europe. Included in group are Lieuts. William A. Murling and Arnold Van der Veen, former students of Breda Military Academy (Holland), Lietus. John Van Peer, of Breda, and Robert de Laive, of The Hague, and Sgt. - Maj. John Kootstra, a former mine worker at Kerkrade, South Holland. January 01, 1945.