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Fokker D. XXI
« on: April 22, 2010, 08:09:18 PM »
Greetings all,

well, topics with this plane are on this forum but I will more prefer to open new one as well there will be more new material and much updated. Firs at all one doubtful machine- sole sample delivered to Republican Spain. Not much info are available so all info is much welcome  ;)

Cheers  :-flo

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Re: Fokker D. XXI
« Reply #1 on: April 24, 2010, 12:24:47 AM »
Only one :-eek ;). great work. They had great colors :-ok :-clap :-clap :-clap :-clap :-clap :-clap :-wave

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Re: Fokker D. XXI
« Reply #2 on: April 24, 2010, 08:27:48 AM »
It look like that twenty were manufactured with Soviet engine but no image... :(

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Re: Fokker D. XXI
« Reply #3 on: April 24, 2010, 05:12:13 PM »
Manufacturing (license) of D-XXI with Shvetsov engines never materialized because plant was overrun by Nationalist troops. Only the single example machine from Holland with Mercury engine ever flew as far as known!

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« Reply #4 on: April 25, 2010, 12:46:54 AM »
Probably you know this, but I found it on net, for any case. Drawings should be the "spanish" type. I could not find any photo's. :-think

"The Fokker D.XXI in Spain:

1) Profile of how the Spanish built D.XXI might have looked like

As you probably know a Republican delegation had signed a secret agreement for building 25 airframes and 50 wings under licence in Spain (I am still wondering about the reason why 50 wings are mentioned because the D.XXI was a monoplane from the outset and 25 spare wings in case of battle damage seem to much of a good thing to me). Anyway, when the Nationalists overran the factory in El Carmoli, San Vicente del Raspeig (Ribasa, Alicante), they found 50 sets of wings, 25 airframes and 25 landing gears according to Gerald Howson.
Dutch sources claim that the prototype was flown by a pilot named Palacios under supervision of general Herrera.


2) Artist impression of the first Spanish D.XXI

Some sources mention that the Dutch prototype of the D.XXI (FD-322), originally built for the Dutch East Indies and test-flown over there, was shipped to Spain as a pattern aircraft for the 25 aircraft to be built in Spain.
In fact this aircraft was never shipped to Spain and was destroyed in February 1942 during a Japanese bombing raid on Kalidjati airfield.

Most of the available information about the Spanish D.XXI story is already perfectly described on this forum, hereby the most relevant links (enlaces):
http://www.network54.com/Forum/394728/thread/1154180125/Fokker+D-XXI
http://www.network54.com/Forum/394728/thread/1155716399/Mas+sobre+el+Fokker+D-XXI+Espa%F1ol......Parte+I
http://www.network54.com/Forum/394728/message/1155717162/Fokker+D.XXI+Parte+II
http://www.network54.com/Forum/394728/message/1155718647/Fokker+D-XXI+Parte+III

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Spanish Republican Air Force

    * An agreement was made between Fokker and the Spanish Republican government to build the D.XXI in a factory in El Carmoli, near Alicante. The number of aircraft to be build is not sure, but most likely 25. Probably only one (serialed CF-6) flew before the factory fell into Nationalist hands during the Spanish Civil War. with a second already completed. Some sources claim they were fitted with a Russian M-25 (licence-built Wright-Cyclone SR-1820) engine."

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Re: Fokker D. XXI
« Reply #5 on: April 25, 2010, 08:16:28 AM »
Very good find and must say that I did not find it before!

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Re: Fokker D. XXI
« Reply #6 on: April 25, 2010, 12:09:46 PM »
 :-flo

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Re: Fokker D. XXI
« Reply #7 on: May 02, 2010, 09:44:06 PM »
I will continue with the other users of Fokker D. XXI and here it is one art layout I have in work.

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« Reply #8 on: May 02, 2010, 10:54:31 PM »
very nice...

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« Reply #9 on: May 03, 2010, 09:03:48 PM »
 :-eek Holly grand piano and secret n'tenga drums! ( :-green)
This is first time I see You doing this angle in photo shop (of course you did it before a lot, but for me this is the first). Mmmmm! This will be excitable :-ok :-ok :-ok :-tri :-clap :-clap :-clap :-wave

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Re: Fokker D. XXI
« Reply #10 on: May 04, 2010, 07:35:10 PM »
Looking good there Srecko! A possible camouflage may have been overall beige with green spots (a bit like the Italian camouflage style)

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Re: Fokker D. XXI
« Reply #11 on: May 04, 2010, 07:53:35 PM »
The subject above will be Finland version, sample FR-76 but this one is the layout development and there will be Durct, Dansk as well Suomi planes. Of course- if I get enough time to make it.

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Re: Fokker D. XXI
« Reply #12 on: May 05, 2010, 09:55:39 AM »
Few close ups and profile update  ;)

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Re: Fokker D. XXI
« Reply #13 on: May 05, 2010, 11:29:30 AM »
Shadows over Fokker D. XXI

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Re: Fokker D. XXI
« Reply #14 on: May 05, 2010, 01:11:39 PM »
Details is over, see fabric cover :))