MBT 50.10.005 Fokker T5

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50.10.005

Fokker T.V

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

The Fokker T.V was a twin-engine fighter-cruiser-bomber from Fokker. It was a relatively modern aircraft for its time, used by the Dutch Air Force Department. Designed in 1935 as a fighter-cruiser to patrol large areas for extended periods, it was ultimately ordered for use as a bomber.

The original plan called for 3 Bomber Squadrons (bombardeervliegtuig-afdeling), but when the war broke out, only 16 Fokker T-Vs had been delivered, of which 9 (850, 853, 854, 855, 856, 858, 859, 862 and 865) were assigned to 1 Bomber Squadron; the 852 was almost ready, the 857 had no engines, the 863 was awaiting armament, the 851 was used as a source of spare parts, and the 860 was next to the KLM building. Besides these aircraft, all of which were at Schiphol, the 861 was at De Vlijt, Texel, where it was used for pilot training. Of the 9 operational aircraft, only 2 were equipped with bomb racks.

During the May days, the Fokker T-Vs strafed airfields that had been captured by German airborne troops. The 850 and 856, the only ones with bomb racks, unsuccessfully attempted to destroy the Moerdijk Bridge, which had already been captured by German paratroopers on 10 May and could have meant a German breakthrough into the Holland defence line. On 13 May, the 856 was the last Fokker T-V of the Bomber Squadron to be lost.

Like the G-1, it was equipped with retractable landing gear, which all other Dutch aircraft lacked. It had a 20 mm Solothurn cannon in the nose turret. Due to the absence of a rubber safety coating around the wing tanks, these aircraft were quickly set on fire by tracer ammunition.

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Technical specifications :

General
Role	fighter-cruiser-bomber
Crew	5
Variants	none
Status
Number built	15
Usage	Netherlands (1940)
Dimensions
Length	16Ì´Ì_m
Height	5Ì´Ì_m
Wingspan	21Ì´Ì_m
Wing area	66,2Ì´Ì_mÌ´_
Weight
Empty weight	4650Ì´Ì_kg
Max. weight	7250Ì´Ì_kg
Powerplant
Engine(s)	2 Bristol Pegasus XXVI
Power	2 x 925Ì´Ì_kW
Performance
Top speed	417 km/h
Climb rate	6,4Ì´Ì_m/s
Range	1550Ì´Ì_km
Service ceiling	7700Ì´Ì_m
Armament
Onboard armament	1 x Solothurn autocannon 20 mm in nose turret, 5 x machine guns 7.9 mm; on back, in tail turret, each side and under the fuselage
Bombs	1000 kg

Model Building Drawing Specifications :

Drawing number	50.10.005
Description	Fokker T5
Quality	Ì´Ì_
Difficulty level	B
Scale	1 : 30
Number of sheets A00	0
Number of sheets A0	0
Number of sheets A1	1
Number of sheets A2	0
Number of sheets A3	0
Number of sheets A4	0
Total number of drawing sheets	1
Number of A4 text sheets	0
Weight in grams	65
Details	wingspan 71 cm dM 1977/11 Article copy: 52.10.005 (6 pages)
Remarks	check author L Bercht Ì´Ì_