Made an emergency landing in a field near Amstelveenseweg and Koenenkade, Amsterdam. The tramway track to Amstelveen is in the background. The C.VI was a C.V with a lighter engine, a 350-hp Hispano Suiza. 596 rebuilt to C.V with RR Kestrel in 1935. Listed as captured by Germans at Ypenburg in May 1940. Photo from: Amsterdam City Archives

A Centrala Verstäderna (CV)-license built Fokker C.V can be found on display with the excellent Flygvapenmuseum. A total of 14 were purchased from Fokker, The Netherlands, and 35 were built by CV in Malmen. After it proved unsuccesful as a figher (designated J3) the type was relegated to reconnaissance duties as the S6. The reconnaissance equipment consisted of one hand-held camera. This aircraft served from 1934 till 1945. The aircraft was renovated and flew in 1962 to celebrate 50 years powered flight in Sweden and last flew in 1963 on a round trip to the Netherlands for the RNLAF jubilee!

The Fokker C-VI was a lighter version of the well-known C-V. It was powered by a 350 h.p. Hispano Suiza engine. (photo 122487/ collectie Het Utrechts Archief)

In service, it soon became apparent to the Flygvapnet that the S 6 was not good enough to serve as a fighter aircraft. The type was instead used for reconnaissance and photography, but also as a trainer and for fire fighting. This S 6B was manufactured under licence by Centrala flygverkastaden Malmslätt in 1934 and was in service for eleven years. It was refurbished to airworthy condition in connection with the 50th anniversary of Swedish military aviation in 1962 and made its final flight at an event in Holland the following year.

Photo: SA-kuva (Finnish Armed Forces photograph, Wartime Photograph Archive). Photographer Tapio Piha.

Photo: SA-kuva (Finnish Armed Forces photograph, Wartime Photograph Archive). Photographer Forsberg.

Soesterberg spotting, 1930s style. Note the airborne aircraft. Photo from: Nationaal Archief (Netherlands)

Also named C.V/K or C.V/RR, indicating the Rolls Royce Kestrel engine.

Mishap after demonstration flight for an Italian delegation. Another photo reveals that the aircraft wears civil registration H-NABX underwing. That registration belongs to an C.Ve airframe (c/n 4873) for Hungary. Perhaps the lower wing was borrowed. Photo from: Amsterdam City Archives

Overflying the entrance to the naval port in Den Helder. Fort Harssens is on the right. Aircraft also reported to be a C.Vc, but but apparently the first airframe of a C.Ve batch in which each cost 40,560 guilders. Photo from: Nationaal Archief (Netherlands)

Also reported to be a C.Vc, but apparently belonging to a C.Ve batch in which each airframe cost 40,560 guilders. Evaluated with a Lorraine-Dietrich 12Db powerplant, it seems to have a Hispano-Suiza here. Postcard.

Photo: SA-kuva (Finnish Armed Forces photograph, Wartime Photograph Archive). Photographer Niilo Helander.

Fokker landplanes of the Dutch navy at De Kooy airfield. Z-1 through Z-6 had been delivered as C.VW floatplanes, hence the North Sea grey finish of the C.V fleet. Some D.VII fighters and S.III trainers can also be seen. Photo from: Zuiderzeemuseum

Photo: SA-kuva (Finnish Armed Forces photograph, Wartime Photograph Archive). Photographer Forsberg.

The aircraft was dispatched for a bombing run enemy troops on the West side of Wageningen on May 12, 1940, together with a few other aircraft. They were intercepted by Bf 109's and the aircraft was subsequently shot down near Rhenen/Opheusden . The aircraft made a rough landing and flipped over, however both occupants survived the events. Photo from W. Muntinga