After the Spin I and II were wrecked by his business partner, Anthony Fokker flew the Spin III around the Grote of Sint-Bavokerk in Haarlem on September 1, 1911. After this success, Fokker realized a factory and school in Berlin. In 1912-1913, 25 aircraft were built. This is one of the last built in 1913 and taken to The Netherlands after WWI. The aircraft wasn't complete, but resotred in the 1920's. Looted by the Germans during WWII. Taken to Poland after the war. Back to The Netherlands in 1986 and restored at Fokker. The Aviodrome owns another example, which was built by Fokker in 1936.

Tony Fokker famously flew his Spin (Spider) over his home town of Haarlem on 31 August 1911. This aircraft is an original 1913 Spin, brought to Holland when Fokker moved his business here and restored in 1925 when it was given c/n 4464. The Germans took it to the Berlin aviation museum during WWII and then stored it in a safe place in Poland from where it was returned to Holland in the 1980s. It apparently made a few hops in the early 1990s. This is not the replica built by Fokker in the 1930s.