FOKKER D. XXI "FR-167"

Description

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 a cheap 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. This plane fought on several battle fronts during World War Two such as: Finland (against Soviet Union), Western Offensive of 1940 (against German Luftwaffe) and Dutch East Indies in 1941 (against Japanese Air Forces). (Scale : 1/72e)