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Some answers: did a quick reading of this forumpost and I think I can give you some answers:
FK stands for Frits Koolhoven; he had his factory at Rotterdam Waalhaven, which was a airport situated at part of the Rotterdam harbor. The harbor itself is still there, take a look in Google Earth. The area where the airport was is also still there, but the airfield has gone. Dutch military has still got some buildings, because some parts of the former airfield are still blurred = restricted area.
At may 10 1940 the Germans bombed Rotterdam Waalhaven, and so the factory of Koolhoven. About 95 percent of all blueprints/drawings were destroyed, so there's little left from Koolhoven. He has never been able to rebuild his factory or company.
Koolhoven joined the Dutch nazi party in 1940 and became prisoner after the war because of that. He died in 1946
Fokker made several types of aircraft for several purposes, giving them an ID based on their function. If I remember well, and maybe some other Dutchmen can fill in the gaps the types are
D = fighter
T = bomber
S = trainer
F = passenger aircraft
E = eendekker = monoplane
C = recon
Fokker also made seaplanes, those can be recognized by the letter w (in small capital) after the Roman number: a Fokker CVIIw was a seaplane for recon purposes. The Dutch navy had little ground or sea to defend in Europe, but The Netherlands had Nederlands-Indië (present Indonesia) as colony and to protect the archipel the Dutch navy employed flying boats such as the Do24 and seaplanes based on ships and seabases
More or less the same as modern US aircraft: B for bomber and F for fighter
Hope it makes sence, but like I said I did a quick reading, maybe someone has explained this in an earlier stage
Fokker and Koolhoven weren't the only aircraft factories: what about De Schelde and Pander
FK stands for Frits Koolhoven; he had his factory at Rotterdam Waalhaven, which was a airport situated at part of the Rotterdam harbor. The harbor itself is still there, take a look in Google Earth. The area where the airport was is also still there, but the airfield has gone. Dutch military has still got some buildings, because some parts of the former airfield are still blurred = restricted area.
At may 10 1940 the Germans bombed Rotterdam Waalhaven, and so the factory of Koolhoven. About 95 percent of all blueprints/drawings were destroyed, so there's little left from Koolhoven. He has never been able to rebuild his factory or company.
Koolhoven joined the Dutch nazi party in 1940 and became prisoner after the war because of that. He died in 1946
Fokker made several types of aircraft for several purposes, giving them an ID based on their function. If I remember well, and maybe some other Dutchmen can fill in the gaps the types are
D = fighter
T = bomber
S = trainer
F = passenger aircraft
E = eendekker = monoplane
C = recon
Fokker also made seaplanes, those can be recognized by the letter w (in small capital) after the Roman number: a Fokker CVIIw was a seaplane for recon purposes. The Dutch navy had little ground or sea to defend in Europe, but The Netherlands had Nederlands-Indië (present Indonesia) as colony and to protect the archipel the Dutch navy employed flying boats such as the Do24 and seaplanes based on ships and seabases
More or less the same as modern US aircraft: B for bomber and F for fighter
Hope it makes sence, but like I said I did a quick reading, maybe someone has explained this in an earlier stage
Fokker and Koolhoven weren't the only aircraft factories: what about De Schelde and Pander
