D.XI
Fokker D.XI (PW-7)
This one-and-a-half-deck fighter was developed in 1923 on the basis of the D.IX and was also equipped with the same Hispano-Suiza 8Fb engine of the D.IX.
The three aircraft supplied to the US Army Air Service were fitted with a 440 hp V-12 Curtiss D.12. 50 engine, plus a modified landing gear.
The D.XI's armament consisted of two synchronized 7.92 mm LMG 08/15 machine guns.
The aircraft has been built in reasonable numbers.
Via a Soviet trade mission in Berlin, 200 aircraft were delivered to Russia, most of which operated from a (secret) base in Lipetsk.
Germany ordered 50 aircraft through the trading company of Hugo Stinnes in 1923.
The Reichswehr was not allowed to own military aircraft, hence the (illegal) order via Hugo Stinnes.
This order was later canceled and the aircraft went to Romania as a training aircraft, not as an armed fighter.
The two D.XIs, which were delivered to Switzerland in 1925, and operated there as a training aircraft until 1939.
The Argentine Navy and the Spanish Air Force have each used one D.XI.
Partly due to financial problems, an order from the Dutch government was not forthcoming.
The three aircraft supplied to the US Army Air Service were fitted with a 440 hp V-12 Curtiss D.12. 50 engine, plus a modified landing gear.
The D.XI's armament consisted of two synchronized 7.92 mm LMG 08/15 machine guns.
The aircraft has been built in reasonable numbers.
Via a Soviet trade mission in Berlin, 200 aircraft were delivered to Russia, most of which operated from a (secret) base in Lipetsk.
Germany ordered 50 aircraft through the trading company of Hugo Stinnes in 1923.
The Reichswehr was not allowed to own military aircraft, hence the (illegal) order via Hugo Stinnes.
This order was later canceled and the aircraft went to Romania as a training aircraft, not as an armed fighter.
The two D.XIs, which were delivered to Switzerland in 1925, and operated there as a training aircraft until 1939.
The Argentine Navy and the Spanish Air Force have each used one D.XI.
Partly due to financial problems, an order from the Dutch government was not forthcoming.
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