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Thanks... it doesn't look right with the German insignia. Viva orange!
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Nice bird and pics Marcel! Can't help but think about the Fw 189!
Hi Marcel,
>The Fokker G.I is the one plane from Fokker that I really admire.
I like the type too, though Fokker has in fact produced quite a number of admirable designs
As a spin-off from this thread ...
http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/aviation/battle-britain-16338.html
... here some data from Tony Wood's list of Luftwaffe claims:
http://www.lesbutler.ip3.co.uk/tony/tonywood.htm
"Date,"Rank","Fname","Lname","Unit","JG","Claimed","Location","Time","Claim.","St_Claim","RLM","Prim_Source","Conf.","Sec_Source","Notes"
13-5-1940 0:00:00,"Hptm.","Karl","Ebbighausen","4.","JG 26","Fokker G.1","Dordrecht","07.20"," 2"," 14","yes","OKL",,"Prien/Bock",
12-5-1940 0:00:00,"Oberst","Theo","Osterkamp","Stab","JG 51","Fokker G-1","Soesterberg","-"," 1st"," 1","yes","OKL",,"Prien/Bock",
10-5-1940 0:00:00,"Ofw.","Hermann","Förster","11.(N)","JG 2","Fokker G-1","Raum Rotterdam","-"," 3"," 6","yes","OKL",,"Prien/Bock",
10-5-1940 0:00:00,"Ofw.","Hermann","Förster","11.(N)","JG 2","Fokker G-1","Raum Rotterdam","-"," 4"," 7","yes","OKL",,"Prien/Bock",
As mentioned in the discussion referred to above, the G.1 claimed by Osterkamp at least cannot have been one of the aircraft whose fate has been established without doubt.
Regards,
Henning (HoHun)
Very well possible. The design no is correct.G'day Marcel. Found this in an old magazine the other day, the original design that led to the G.1? Fokker design No. 129...
Fokker had considered to use either RR Merlins or DB600/601 engines. In fact in May 1940 they were in the process of designing the CG.2 as a follow up of the G.1 and this one was engined with DB601A's. A mockup was already made, but there never was a prototype.I always wondered what the G.I and D.XXI would have been capable of with Allison engines. The Allison was a great engine at the time and it could have been built under contract by Renault.
The G.I was designed to carry 2 20mm canons and 2 7.92 MM MG's. The Dutch Government decided differently. In fact all smaller wasp (B) types were to be armed with the cannons. They were meant for export. They were rushed into action on May 14th with only 4 7.92mm MG's which were in stock. (I imagine it was quite an enginering job, given the time they had)The armament should have been 4x20mm (Oerlikon) cannon for the G.I and 2x20mm for the D.XXI. The 7.92mm was just not an efficient weapon for taking down aircraft.
In fact I believe the numbers were far too small and the tactical disadvantage was to great for it to have any impact. But imagine such a G.I if available to the luftwaffe for the BoB.If the Luftwaffe had been facing a Super G.I with 2000hp supplemented by a Super D.21 with 1000hp, it might have made a big difference.
In the early war, Germany was using unescorted Stukas. They would be easy pickings for any fighter planes and the Wermacht might have been stalled long enough for the French army to get off its' arse and plug the gap.
Would have been rough on the brits though I wonder if the G.I was any better of a dogfighter than the 110. I'd assume performance of the G.I in the BoB would have been similar to 110 performance.Fokker had considered to use either RR Merlins or DB600/601 engines. In fact in May 1940 they were in the process of designing the CG.2 as a follow up of the G.1 and this one was engined with DB601A's. A mockup was already made, but there never was a prototype.
The G.I was designed to carry 2 20mm canons and 2 7.92 MM MG's. The Dutch Government decided differently. In fact all smaller wasp (B) types were to be armed with the cannons. They were meant for export. They were rushed into action on May 14th with only 4 7.92mm MG's which were in stock. (I imagine it was quite an enginering job, given the time they had)
Denmark used 2 20mm guns on the D.XXI and Finland tested them as well, but it was unsuccesful. We discussed that in this thread: http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/aviation/fokker-d-xxi-dutch-service-15060-2.html
In fact I believe the numbers were far too small and the tactical disadvantage was to great for it to have any impact. But imagine such a G.I if available to the luftwaffe for the BoB.