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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 ...
A bunker of the Peel-Raam Line, built in 1939. The Dutch colonies such as the Dutch East Indies (modern Indonesia) caused the Netherlands to be one of the top five oil producers in the world at the time and to have the world's largest aircraft factory in the Interbellum (Fokker), which aided the neutrality of the Netherlands and the success of its arms dealings in the First World War.
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.
On 2 October 2002 a tri-national detachment of 18 Dutch, Danish and Norwegian F-16 ground attack aircraft and one Dutch KDC-10 tanker deployed to Manas Air Base in Kyrgyzstan in support of ground forces in Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. The KDC-10 returned to the Netherlands on 1 April 2003, and the Dutch F-16 detachment on ...
The aircraft went into production almost immediately following the type's first flight in 1938; a total of eleven T.VIIIs entered service with the Netherlands Naval Aviation Service. Initial operations were dominated by trials and training missions, aiming to familiarise Dutch personnel with the aircraft's operation. [5]