MBT 50.10.008 Fokker CV-D

Article number:

50.10.008

Fokker C.V

Source: www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fokker_C.V

The Fokker C.V. was a reconnaissance/bomber aircraft built by Fokker from 1924 onwards. It was a further development of the Fokker C.IV. The C.V. would go on to become the most widely built military Fokker aircraft of the interwar period. Fokker built a large number of them itself, whilst several foreign clients also built the aircraft under licence.

The aircraft could be fitted with various engines of 450 hp or more. The same aircraft with a lighter engine was designated the C-VI. The C.V was produced in five different versions. The wingspan varied depending on the version. From 1925 onwards, the company concentrated on the D and E variants

Type	Description	Wingspan
C.V-A	tactical reconnaissance	12.03 m
C.V-B	strategic reconnaissance aircraft	13.33 m
C.V-C	light bomber	14.63 m
C.V-D	fighter, tactical reconnaissance aircraft	12.50 m
C.V-E	bomber, strategic reconnaissance aircraft	15.30 m

The C.V was procured by the Dutch Air Force from 1925 onwards. In total, the Air Force purchased 71 C.Vs. By May 1940, 50 were still operational, of which 10 were in use as training aircraft and a small number as target tows. Between 10 and 14 May, these aircraft flew several missions without significant losses, including over the Grebbe Line.[1]

The Naval Air Service and the ML-KNIL also flew the C.V.

Denmark purchased 19 examples and built 23 under licence. A.P. Botved flew this aircraft from Copenhagen via India to Tokyo, and via Siberia back to Copenhagen.

In 1927, the Swedish Air Force proceeded to purchase one Fokker C.V-D and one Fokker C.V-E. In early 1928, an agreement was signed granting Sweden permission to manufacture both variants under licence. The aircraft were manufactured at the Air Force’s workshops in Malmen. In addition, six C.V-Ds and four C.V-Es were purchased from Fokker. Sweden built 35 Fokkers between 1929 and 1935. A Swedish C.V, equipped with skis, rescued the Italian polar explorer Umberto Nobile when he was stranded on an ice floe in 1928.

In 1928, the Norwegian Air Force purchased five Fokker C.Vs. Haerens Flyvemaskinfabrikk in Kjeller was granted the rights to build the C.V under licence. HF supplied 15 C.V-Es and 27 C.V-Ds to the Norwegian Air Force.

By April 1940, some 40 Fokker C.Vs were still in service across Norway. The outdated C.V was no longer suitable as a fighter, but proved reasonably successful in bombing enemy targets in and around Narvik.

In Italy, this aircraft was built under licence as the I.M.A.M. (Romeo) Ro.1. This aircraft was deployed in Somalia, Libya and Ethiopia. A military attaché from the United States in Italy flew an unarmed Ro.1 bearing the roundels of the United States

Like other countries, Switzerland initially purchased three aircraft in 1927, followed by a further three in 1930. Following trials and a number of modifications, 57 aircraft were subsequently built under licence, the last of which was withdrawn from service in 1954.

Finland deployed the C.V. operationally during the Winter War and the Continuation War. In total, the country had 19 aircraft in service, five of which came from Sweden and Norway. The country purchased one aircraft in 1927, followed in 1934 by a series of 13 aircraft.

The C.V was last deployed operationally in 1944, flown by Estonian crews in Luftwaffe service. They flew aircraft that had been captured in Denmark.

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Technical data:

General
Role	Reconnaissance/light bomber/escort fighter
Crew	2
Variants	C.VI (with lighter engine), C.Vb, C.Vc, C.Vd, C.Ve
Dimensions
Length	9.53 m
Height	3.30 m
Wingspan	12.50 m
Wing area	46.10 m²
Weight
Empty weight	1,315 kg
Max. weight	1915 kg
Power source
Engine(s)	Rolls-Royce Kestrel XI
Power	388 kW
Performance
Cruising speed	205 km/h
Top speed	225 km/h
Range	1,000 km
Service ceiling	5500 m
Armament
On-board armament	1 machine gun (7.9 mmcalibre ), forward-firing, and 1 identical on a ring for the observer
Bombs	16 x 8 kg or 4 x 50 kg

Specifications Model construction drawing:

Drawing number	50.10.008
Author	J.H. Bosman
Description	Fokker CV-D
Quality	Ì´Ì_
Difficulty	C
Scale	1 : 25
Number of sheets A00	0
Number of A0 sheets	0
Number of A1 sheets	0
Number of A2 sheets	2
Number of A3 sheets	0
Number of A4 sheets	0
Total number of drawing sheets	2
Number of A4 text pages	0
Weight in grams	65
Specifications	span 50 cm dM 1979/5 Copy of article: 52.10.008 (6 pages)
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