Aircraft Photo of AV961 | Fokker T.VIIIw | UK - Air Force | AirHistory.net #462285
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:AV961
Aircraft Original Type:Fokker T.VIIIw
Aircraft Generic Type:Fokker T.VIIIw
Aircraft Version:Fokker T.VIIIw
C/n (msn):5639
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
Location
City / Seaplane Base:Pembroke Dock - Seaplane (closed)Map
Region / Country:Wales, United Kingdom
Airport Codes:None
 
Photo Date:August 1940
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID: 462285
Photo Comment

Following the German invasion in the Netherlands, eight escaped Dutch navy T.VIIIws equipped No 320 (Dutch) Sqn for a few months. They flew anti-submarine patrols from Pembroke Dock, Wales - note the Sunderland. This machine, AV961, formerly R-7, was also used for a failed nocturnal mission to pick up four men from a Dutch lake. Production of the type continued for the Luftwaffe and it saw service in the Aegean, but was replaced by the Arado Ar 196 by September 1942. Photo from: Nederlands Instituut voor Militaire Historie

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