A little-known Dutch

[Guest ericthered1975]

The link below provides a large collection of images, including rare color photos, of a little known fighter aircraft used during World War II.

 

Aviação em Floripa: Um holandês bom de briga

 

Best Regards!

 

 

[onetrack]

Ah, yes - the Fokker D-XXI (D-21). Only 36 were produced, and they only operated between 1938 and 1940. Fitted with the beautifully engineered 9 cyl Bristol Mercury VIII, rated at 830HP.

 

A few were downed by the Lufwaffe, but the majority survived the total Nazi conquest of the Netherlands in 1940.

 

A large number of the survivors were then destroyed by the Dutch to prevent the Germans from utilising them.

 

However, it appears at least several fell into Nazi hands, as evidenced by the photos of the ones plastered with Swastikas.

 

More info here ... Fokker D-XXI [D-21] [War over Holland - May 1940: the Dutch struggle]

 

Incidentally, every Dutch person I know, who lived in Europe and survived WW2, had an undying hatred of Germans.

 

When you see what the Nazis did in the Rotterdam Blitz, as well as what they did to the rest of the country, you can understand why.

 

Cheers, OT

 

 

[nong]

The prototype Koolhoven F.K.60 is alive and well at Holbrook. Similar layout to the F.K.58 but everyone calls it a Focke-Wulf.

 

Dutch constructed and RAAus registered.