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T.VIII in flight
Role	Torpedo-bomber seaplane
Manufacturer	Fokker
First flight	1938
Introduction	1939
Primary users	Marine-Luchtvaartdienst Royal Air Force Luftwaffe
Number built	36

The Fokker T.VIII is a twin-engined torpedo bomber and aerial reconnaissance floatplane designed and manufactured by the Dutch aviation company Fokker. It was developed in the late 1930s as a successor to the Fokker T.IV. While the Dutch Naval Aviation Service had originally intended to use it in home waters and in the Dutch East Indies, the Second World War broke out as production was beginning to meet these needs. The Royal Air Force (RAF) and the Luftwaffe operated small numbers of the type.

Development and production

An RAF Fokker T.VIII, operated by No. 320 Squadron

Background

During the early 1930s, one of the consequences of the Great Depression was that many countries had little to spare for military procurement, even in light of ageing and obsolete aircraft. The Netherlands was no exception to this trend, however, following the rise to power of Nazism in neighbouring Germany, several Dutch officers and politicians recognised that military modernisation was increasingly necessary, particularly in the field of aviation. One requirement identified during 1937 by the Royal Netherlands Navy was for a new floatplane for coastal defense and aerial reconnaissance operations, which could be alternatively armed with either bombs or air-dropped torpedoes.

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Fokker T.VIII (WW2) Torpedo Bomber

General Info

Crew: 3
Length: 13 m (42 ft 8 in)
Wingspan: 18 m (59 ft 1 in)

Powerplant

Gross weight: 5,000 kg (11,023 lb) Powerplant: 2 × Wright R-975-E3 Whirlwind 9-cyl. air-cooled radial piston engines, 336 kW (451 hp) each

Performance

Maximum speed: 285 km/h (177 mph, 154 kn) at 3,000 m (9,843 ft)
Range: 2,750 km (1,710 mi, 1,480 nmi)
Service ceiling: 6,800 m (22,300 ft)

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Early on 6 May 1941 four men – former Lieutenant Govert Steen and Corporal Evert Willem Boomsma, both of the Army Aviation Brigade, along with Fokker technician Wijbert Lindeman, and former Dutch Army Lieutenant Jan Beelaerts van Blokland – swam out to the Fokker T.VIIw TD+C

Fokker T.VIII (WW2) Torpedo Bomber

In September 1918, eight D.VIIs were delivered to Bulgaria. Late in 1918, the Austro-Hungarian company Magyar Általános Gépgyár

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The Germans also acquired a number of T.VIIIs, having captured multiple partially-completed airframes that had still been under construction.

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