Fokker F.VIIA-3m/M ((English Version)

F.VIIA-3m / M

Fokker F.VIIA-3m/M

The F.VIIA-3m / M is a modified version of the F.VIIA-3m, the “M” stands for Military.

Fokker delivered three of these aircraft to the LVA in 1928. Two of them straight from production, plus the existing H-NAEA, which had made a flight to the Dutch East Indies.

(The Aviation Department of the Royal Netherlands Army (LVA) was the predecessor of the Dutch Royal Air Force )

Bomber versions of the F.VIIA-3m/M were built in Poland under license.

Unfortunately there is no documentation available for these Polish aircraft.

Bomb racks could be placed under the fuselage of the LVA aircraft, to be used for bombing practise.

The LVA aircraft crew of the F.VIIA-3m/M received their first training on the Fokker T-5 bomber.

The LVA F.VIIA-3m / M's were also used for cargo transport, ambulance aircraft, dropping paratroopers and for calibrating radio frequencies.

The, NLL, The National Aviation Laboratory (Nationaal Luchtvaartlaboratorium), also used the LVA F.VIIA-3m/M for aviation related measurements and calibration..

All three LVA owned aircraft were destroyed in May, 1940. Two of which had already been phased out by then, and the third was still active.

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cn 5006, registration 803, F.VIIA-3m/M of the LVA.
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Side view of the 803.
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The 803 equipped with a bomber rack under the fuselage.
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Unfortunate nose dive of the 803 on Soesterberg airbase after an engine failure. The 803 was completely restored by the LVA Technical department.
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Another accident with the 803 near the hamlet of Oldebroek.
Again, the LVA Technical department restored the 803 to an airworthy condition.
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The 803 crash nearby the hamlet of Oldebroek.
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The 803 equipped with antenna wires for the purpose of radio frequencies calibration. The Calibration was carried out by NLL
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Cn 5034, The 801 at “De Kooy” airbase.
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A number of NLL instruments have been mounted on the 801 for tests.
The pitot tube measures the dynamic pressure during flight, the flight speed can then be read on an instrument in the cockpit.
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Commencement of a night flight of the 801.
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The 801 with a large flood light mounted on the front of the wing and used during landing in the dark or with poor visibility.
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Front view of the 801 with bomb rack mounted.
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The 801 at Soesterberg.
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A few of LVA pilots in front of the 801.
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Front view of the 801.
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802 with the orange triangle instead of a roundel / cocarde.
The orange triangle was introduced in 1939. Although the Netherlands was still neutral at the time, a German fighter accidentally shot a Dutch plane. The aim of the orange triangle was to increase the recognizability of the neutral aircraft.
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802 above the Netherlands.
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The 802 with Navy personnel at De Kooy airbase.
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Bomb rack of this F.VIIA-3m/M is filled with training bombs.
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