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12 were transferred from Europe to Dutch East Indies after war in Europe was lost Fokker F.XVIII: Dutch: airliner/Maritime patrol: 0: 5: 1940-1942: stop-gap ASW aircraft, later reverted to airliner Fokker T.VIII: Dutch: Maritime patrol: 11: 0: 1938-1940: some aircraft escaped to England and many captured by Germans Consolidated PBY Catalina: US ...
Despite stubborn resistance the Japanese occupied the Dutch colonies, though numbers of aircraft found their way to northern Australia to continue the fight. Four Dutch squadrons were formed in Australia. The first of these, No. 18 (NEI) Squadron RAAF, was formed in April 1942 as a medium bomber squadron equipped with B-25 Mitchell aircraft.
Japanese Aircraft of the Pacific War. London: Putnam. ISBN 0-370-00033-1. Francillon, Rene J. (1970). Royal Australian Air Force & Royal New Zealand Air Force in the Pacific. Aero Pictorials 3. Fallbrook CA: Aero Publishers Inc. LCCN 76-114412. Griffin, John A. (1969). Canadian Military Aircraft Serials & Photographs 1920–1968. Publication No ...
Aircraft type Origin Number In service Notes Fighter aircraft Hawker Sea Fury United Kingdom: 48: 1946–1956: Hawker Sea Hawk United Kingdom: 22: 1956–1964: Operated from the aircraft carrier HNLMS Karel Doorman (R81) Maritime patrol aircraft Fairey Firefly United Kingdom: 84: 1946–1961: Operated from the aircraft carrier HNLMS Karel ...
On 14 November 1934, design proposals for a new fighter aircraft were submitted by Fokker to the Luchtvaartafdeling (Dutch Army Aviation Group). [2] Fokker's design team, led by Erich Schatzki, and based at the firm's newly completed plant in the southern district of Amsterdam, had sought to incorporate and combine various new concepts and recent features from successful fighter aircraft ...
The Fokker G.I was a Dutch twin-engined heavy fighter aircraft comparable in size and role to the German Messerschmitt Bf 110.Although in production prior to World War II, its combat introduction came at a time the Netherlands were overrun by the Germans.
Naval Fighters Number Three. Simi Valley CA: Ginter Books. ISBN 978-0942612035. Ginter, Steve (1995). Ryan FR-1 Fireball and XF2R-1 Darkshark. Naval Fighters Number Twenty Eight. Simi Valley CA: Ginter Books. ISBN 978-0942612288. Gordon, Yefim; Bill Sweetman (1992). Soviet X-planes. Osceola, WI: Motorbooks International. ISBN 978-0879384982.
The latter was the plane ordered by France and flew in the Armée de l'Air during the Battle of France. A complete list of the Koolhoven aircraft and projects is given below: Koolhoven Heidevogel early experimental aircraft, one built, 1911; Koolhoven F.K.30 "Toerist" (Tourist) Light high-wing sports monoplane, 1927