Aircraft Photo of 302 | Fokker G.I (Mercury) | Netherlands - Air Force

Aircraft
Registration / Serial:	302
Aircraft Original Type:	Fokker G.I
Aircraft Generic Type:	Fokker G.I
Aircraft Version:	Fokker G.I (Mercury)
C/n (msn):	5523
Operator Titles:	Netherlands - Air Force

Location
City / Airport:	Amsterdam - SchipholMap
Country:	Netherlands
Airport Codes:	ICAO: EHAM IATA: AMS Local: - Other: -

Photo Date:	15 December 1938 to 31 October 1939
Photo from:	Kas van Zonneveld Collection
Photo ID:	293277

Photo Comment
The aircraft was used as demonstrator for some time. A few countries were interested in using the G.I as a dive bomber and '302' was equipped with the necessary modification for testing this. However the dive bomber vertsion never went into production. '302' was destroyed in a bombing on Waalhaven. Of the 22 operational G.I's, only 9 could be immediately be dispatched after the German surprise attack on May 10, 1940. A true scale replica of a Fokker G.I. ('330') is on display at the Militaire Luchtvaart Museum. The real '330' was part of the 3 JaVA at Waalhaven. This photo was added on 26 October 2020, and has since been viewed 380 times.

Photo Comment

The aircraft was used as demonstrator for some time. A few countries were interested in using the G.I as a dive bomber and '302' was equipped with the necessary modification for testing this. However the dive bomber vertsion never went into production. '302' was destroyed in a bombing on Waalhaven. Of the 22 operational G.I's, only 9 could be immediately be dispatched after the German surprise attack on May 10, 1940. A true scale replica of a Fokker G.I. ('330') is on display at the Militaire Luchtvaart Museum. The real '330' was part of the 3 JaVA at Waalhaven.

This photo was added on 26 October 2020, and has since been viewed 380 times.

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