Fokker D XXI 221
(replica) Luchtvaart Afdeling
The
Fokker D.XXI fighter was designed in 1935 for use by the Royal
Netherlands East Indies Army Air Force (Militaire Luchtvaart van het
Koninklijk Nederlands-Indisch Leger, ML-KNIL) . As such, it was designed
as an inexpensive and small, but rugged aircraft, which had respectable
performance for its time. Entering operational use in the early years of
World War II, it provided yeoman service for both the Luchtvaartafdeling
(Dutch Army Aviation Group) and the Finnish Air Force, and a few were
built by the Carmoli factory before the factory fell into Nationalist
hands during the Spanish Civil War.