| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | OO-SMB |
| Military Code: | 17 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Fokker D.VIII |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Fokker D.VIII |
| Aircraft Version: | Fokker D.VIII (replica) |
| C/n (msn): | A-2 |
| Display Paint: | Belgium - Air Force |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Antwerp - DeurneMap |
| Country: | Belgium |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: EBAW IATA: ANR Local: - Other: - |
| Event: | Stampe Fly-in 2018 |
| Photo Date: | 12 May 2018 |
| Photo by: | Peter de Jong |
| Photo ID: | 61972 |
| Photo Comment |
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The Stampe & Vertongen Museum's D.VIII replica impressed me at their 2018 Fly In. First flown 100 years earlier in May 1918, the Fokker E.V monoplane fighter was redesignated D.VIII following several crashes due to faulty wing construction at a piano factory. Actually the unbraced thick cantilever wing, which allegedly violated a Junkers patent, was strong and the small fighter fast, agile and effective in the final months of WWI. Formerly N111EV, this machine is painted as a captured D.VIII flown by the Belgian air force. This photo is copyright © Peter de Jong, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 14 May 2018, and has since been viewed 983 times. |