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Registration / Serial: | X-2 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Fokker G.I |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Fokker G.I |
Aircraft Version: | Fokker G.I |
C/n (msn): | 5419 |
Location | |
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City / Airport: | EindhovenMap |
Country: | Netherlands |
Airport Codes: | ICAO: EHEH IATA: EIN Local: - Other: - |
Photo Date: | 5 March 1936 to 18 March 1936 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Photo ID: | 143450 |
Photo Comment |
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The prototype of the Fokker G.I, a two-seat fighter powered by Hispano-Suiza 14 engines and first flown from Eindhoven - Welschap on 16 March 1937. At the insistence of the Dutch army air force the design was completely reworked as a three-seat multirole aircraft. This was rather counter-productive since the resulting G.I/Mercury served as a two-seat fighter. A batch of the smaller variant with R-1535 Twin Wasp Junior engines was ordered by the Spanish Republicans, but eventually taken over by the Dutch government. The G.I/Wasp aircraft were not yet operational on 10 May 1940 and saw little action during the German invasion of Holland. Photo from: San Diego Air & Space Museum This photo was added on 26 May 2019, and has since been viewed 1135 times. |