The Forgotten Fokker: Fokker D.V

Note that this isn't a training aircraft........Bullet holes in the upper wing, and the repair order hanging on the wiring.

The Fokker D5 was only a training aircraft

False. The Fokker D5 saw combat with Jasta 5 & 6, several naval units & home defense units.

The Fokker D5 was a substandard aicraft.

False. Comments made about the plane:

"A thoroughbred Racehorse!"

"Clearly superior to the Albatros Machines."

"Alot of possibilities."

"Although basically only a development of the D.III and retaining many of the earlier characteristics, the improved lines paid dividends in increased performance."

The Fokker D5 was not produced in numbers

False. It was produced in more numbers than any of the previous Fokker aircraft.

Depending on ho you talk to, production was anywhere from 500 to 1,000 units

Units at the front were 300 to 700.

The Fokker D5 was a slow aircraft

False. The same engine was in the D5 that was in the Dr1, yet the D5 had less weight.

Fokker D.V: 566 kg. (1,245 lb.)

Fokker Dr.1: 586 kg. (1,289 lb.)

Albatros D.II: 888 kg. (1,954 lb.)

Albatros D.III: 886 kg. (1,949 lb.)