campaign to obtain more donations. Also known as the "Fellowship of the Bellows" this was a complete success: The Fellowship helped with the purchase of de Havilland Mosquitos for No. 692 Squadron RAF shortly after it was formed in January 1944. Curaçao In Curaçao in the Dutch West Indies the Rotary Club founded the Curaçao chapter of the Fellowship of the Bellows, and in addition it spearheaded a drive to acquire a Red Cross lifeboat and helped establish the Prins Bernhard Foundation. Each of these channeled financial help to the mother country (the Netherlands) and Britain. Aruba in the same island group had a similar group. Other groups Other places in the Americas with such groups were: Chile Falkland Islands Mexico New Orleans Paraguay Peru Uruguay Venezuela Fellowship of the Bellows RAF squadrons Aircraft purchased through groups of Fellowship of the Bellows went in particular to these squadrons: No. 193 Squadron RAF No. 263 Squadron RAF No. 692 Squadron RAF References United Kingdom home front during World War II History of the Royal Air Force during World War II