In late 1917 the “Fokker Flugzeugwerke” built two small biplane prototypes designated V.13.
The aircraft were actually built from a number of pre-existing components.
Scaled-down D.VII wings, together with the fuselage and tail of the first version of a Dr.I and a 110 hp Oberursel Ur II rotary engine, formed the first prototype.

The second prototype was fitted with a 160 hp Siemens-Halske Sh. III rotary engine.
The D.VI was equipped with the standard armament: two 7.92 mm LMG 08/15 Spandau machine guns.
On 15 March 1918, the V.13 was approved by the Idflieg and given the type designation D.VI for the German Army.
Fokker received a contract to supply fifty-nine aircraft, which were fitted with the 110 hp Oberursel Ur II upon delivery, seven of which went to the Austro-Hungarian Army.

The D.VI was only used briefly, both at the front and as a trainer. From the prototype at the end of 1917 until the end of the First World War in November 1918.

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