Fokker T.VI

From medium bomber to enlarged G.II and/or T.IX

Already during the delivery of the Fokker TV, LVA (Aviation Department) understood that there would soon be a need for a faster successor.

On October 21, 1937, the LVA stated, among other things, that it was a bomber that could reach a speed of 480 km/h and would be given the name T.VI.

Fokker realised that the overall dimensions of the hull would have to be much larger, around one and a half times the size of the G.1 fighter cruiser.

The T.VI was given a crew of no fewer than 4 people.

Furthermore, a bomb bay for 1000 kg was needed and a position for movable armament in the nose. This gave the possibility to also participate in the air defense in connection with the ever increasing European tensions.

The power source used in the TV was absolutely adequate for that T.VI.

This extensive package led to LVA and Fokker ultimately deciding to cancel further developments.

It was decided to continue the further development of the T.IX.

And what also became more of a priority was to provide the TV under construction with some of those extra innovations.

The Fokker T.VI project ran out of time and money and was incorporated into the G.II and T.IX. The T.VI project itself was therefore completely cancelled.

In turn, the G.II reached mock-up status and the all-metal T.IX reached flying prototype status.

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