Fokker V.45 / prototype F-II

The V.45 was still built in Schwerin after the end of World War I

and was Fokker's first attempt to build an airliner.
The V-XLV was in fact the prototype of the F-II.

The engine was a 185 hp BMW IIIa.

This plane was secretly flown to Amsterdam by Bernard de Waal and on the ELTA on display.

The ELTA halls soon afterwards became the Fokker factories in Amsterdam-Noord.

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The wing lettering on this V.45 is "D-57" (Germany). It would later become KLM's H-NABD.
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The V.45 visiting LVA Soesterberg airfield. The V.45 was built entirely in Schwerin. It initially bore the civilian German registration number D-57 and later the Dutch registration letters H-NABD.
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The V.45 presumably at Schiphol Airport. Bernard De Waal, who had already flown numerous aircraft in Germany, secretly flew this V.45 (F.II) to Amsterdam. The prototype ran aground in Surhuisterveen (Friesland), eventually arriving at Schiphol after a difficult transport. Here with the borrowed LVA logo and the Fokker factory designation.
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The same V.45, but in a much neater livery with the borrowed LVA orange dot. Either for the First Amsterdam Air Traffic Exhibition or for a presentation to KLM. See also the F-series aircraft on our website.
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