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Fokker C.XI-W

Field	Value
name	C.XI-W
image	File:Fokker C.XI-W tijdens de vlucht 2161 027249.jpg
aircraft_type	Reconnaissance seaplane
manufacturer	Fokker
primary_user	Royal Netherlands Navy
number_built	14
first_flight	20 July 1935

The Fokker C.XI-W was a reconnaissance seaplane designed to operate from warships that was produced in the Netherlands in the mid-1930s. It was the result of a Royal Netherlands Navy specification of 1935 requesting such an aircraft. Fokker's response was a conventional single-bay biplane with staggered wings of unequal span braced by N-struts. The pilot and observer sat in tandem, open cockpits, and the undercarriage consisted of twin pontoons. The wings were of wooden construction with plywood and fabric covering, and the fuselage was of steel tube, also covered with fabric.

The prototype first flew on 20 July 1935. After successful catapult trials, an order for a further 13 C.XI-Ws was placed, the aircraft being used to equip the cruisers HNLMS Tromp and HNLMS De Ruyter while operating in European waters; but most were sent to the Netherlands East Indies to equip the Navy there. Following the German invasion of the Netherlands in 1940, the last surviving C.XI-W in Europe was successfully evacuated to the UK on 22 May. From there, it was also shipped to the Netherlands East Indies. None seem to have survived past March 1942.

Specifications

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1 × trainable, rearward-firing 7.9 mm (.31 in) FN-Browning machine gun in observer's cockpit

References

Bibliography

References

Green 1962, p.143.
Hazewinkel 1979, p. 28
Green 1962, p. 145.

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