A Little-known Dutch

[pampa14]

The link below provides a large collection of images, including rare color photos, of a little known fighter aircraft used during World War II.

http://aviacaoemfloripa.blogspot.com.br/2011/01/um-holandes-bom-de-briga.html


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[Bombardier]

The Fokker D.XXI

The Netherlands army air division contracted for a prototype in 1935 to evaluate the type's potential for use in the Netherlands East Indies, and although it was planned originally to use a 650 hp (485 kW) Rolls-Royce Kestrel IV engine, the prototype first flew on 27 February 1936 at Eindhoven (then called Welschap) with a 645 hp (481 kW) Bristol Mercury VI-S radial with Fokker test pilot Emil Meinecke at the controls.