Fokker aircraft you can see
| Type | First flew | Built | UK museums |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fokker Dr.Ireplica | 1917 | 320 | 1 |
| Fokker D.VII | 1918 | ~3,300 | 1 |
| Fokker F27 FriendshipF27-200, F27-600 | 1955 | c.800 (incl. Fairchild) | 2 |
Fokker in brief
The Eindecker, with a machine gun synchronised to fire through the propeller, gave Germany a spell of air superiority. That period was called the Fokker Scourge. The Dr.I triplane and the D.VII followed. In 1919 Fokker moved the company to the Netherlands, near Amsterdam. By the late 1920s, led by the F.VII trimotor, it was the world’s largest aircraft maker. Anthony Fokker died in New York in 1939.
The Germans seized the factories in the Second World War, and Allied bombing destroyed them. The F27 Friendship turboprop entered service in 1958 and sold almost 800 by 1986. The F28 jet, Fokker 50 and Fokker 100 followed. Fokker was declared bankrupt on 15 March 1996.
Museums holding Fokker aircraft
| Museum | Fokker types | Adult entry | Airframes | Headline exhibit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Norwich Aviation MuseumNorwich, Norfolk | 1 | £9 | 33 | City of Norwich Aviation Museum at Horsham St Faith: Norfolk's largest, ~30 airframes including a Vulcan and Nimrod with bookable… |
| Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation MuseumBungay, Suffolk | 1 | £10 | 65 | Depends who you ask — the joy is the oddities. Come for the Bloodhound missiles and decoy rarities; stay for volunteer flight-simulator… |
| Royal Air Force Museum LondonLondon, Greater London | 1 | Free | 88 | Avro Lancaster R5868 'S-Sugar' — 137 operations, the RAF's highest-scoring surviving heavy — under the same roof as a Vulcan, a… |
| Stow Maries Great War AerodromeChelmsford, Essex | 1 | £12 | 11 | The aerodrome itself: 24 listed RFC buildings, plus flying examples of Great War types on event days (a Fairey Swordfish cameo got… |
Frequently asked
Was Fokker a German company?
Anthony Fokker was Dutch. He founded his firm in Germany in 1912 and moved it to the Netherlands in 1919.
What was the Fokker Scourge?
A period in the First World War when Fokker’s Eindecker, with a synchronised gun, gave Germany air superiority.
Does Fokker still exist?
The company was declared bankrupt on 15 March 1996, and parts of the business were sold off.