Aircraft Photo of PH-AJR | Fokker F.XXII | KLM - Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij

Aircraft
Registration / Serial:	PH-AJR
Aircraft Original Type:	Fokker F.XXII
Aircraft Generic Type:	Fokker F.XXII
Aircraft Version:	Fokker F.XXII
C/n (msn):	5360
Operator Titles:	KLM - Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij
Aircraft Name:	Roerdomp

Location
Location:	In Flight
Country:	Netherlands

Photo Date:	22 May 1935 to 31 December 1935
Photo from:	AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:	136628

Photo Comment
Scaled down from the big F.XXXVI (F.36), the 22-passenger F.XXII was the last airliner produced by the Fokker company before WWII. It was still of mixed construction with fixed landing gear and only four examples were built. Roerdomp (bittern) became G-AFXR and HM159 as a navigation trainer in the RAF. By 1943 it was used in a transport capacity by No 1680 Flight. It crashed into Loch Tarbert on 3 July 1943, killing all 20 people on board. Photo from: Amsterdam City Archives This photo was added on 14 April 2019, and has since been viewed 2365 times.

Photo Comment

Scaled down from the big F.XXXVI (F.36), the 22-passenger F.XXII was the last airliner produced by the Fokker company before WWII. It was still of mixed construction with fixed landing gear and only four examples were built. Roerdomp (bittern) became G-AFXR and HM159 as a navigation trainer in the RAF. By 1943 it was used in a transport capacity by No 1680 Flight. It crashed into Loch Tarbert on 3 July 1943, killing all 20 people on board. Photo from: Amsterdam City Archives

This photo was added on 14 April 2019, and has since been viewed 2365 times.

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