Huub, were there many German "captured" versions of the real aircraft? Mike
For a "captured" aircraft the Germans have used quite a few Fokker G-1 aircrafts for quite a long period. The Dutch mainly used the "large" G-1A version with Mercury engines. And there was a small series of 26 smaller G-1B aircrafts under construction, which were equipped with Wasp engines. These aircraft were originally ordered by the Spanish Republicans, but the Spanish civil war was over before they were delivered. The order was taken over by the Finnish air force, but they never received hese aircrafts.
When war became unavoidable the Dutch confiscated the G-1B aircrafts, but were only able to equip 3 of these aircrafts with armament.
From the 36 Dutch G-1A aircrafts many were destroyed by the German bombardments and in dogfights, but between 3 and 9 aircrafts ended up with the Luftwaffe. The G-1B aircrafts which were still under construction were finished by the Germans and at least 13 of these aircrafts were used by the Luftwaffe.
They were used as nightfighters and as trainers for Bf110 crews. The picture below shows the G-1A aircraft from my repaint. The picture was most likely taken on Mönchen-Gladbach in March 1941. So the aircrafts were kept in service for quite a period, despite the fact that spares and especially for the engines, must have been quite difficult to get!
The story of the Fokker T.8 is even weirder. Several T.8 aircrafts escaped to the UK where 8 entered the RAF. The 25 captured Fokker T.8 aircrafts entered the Luftwaffe and were used intensively in the Mediterranean.
Cheers,
Huub
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after reducing the size and quality (bmp => jpg).
