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what is it?
The Fokker T.V, in service written as T5, was a twin-engine medium bomber and heavy bomber hunter, described as an "aerial cruiser", built by Fokker for the Netherlands Air Force. It could carry over 1,000 kg (2,200 lb) of bombs, and was armed with a movable 20 mm Solothurn S18-350 aircraft cannon in the nose. Modern for its time, by the German invasion of 1940 it was outclassed by the airplanes of the Luftwaffe, although it was used with some success.
How to recognise it: 2 piston engines with propellers · mid wing · 21 m wingspan
base stats
Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).
fun facts
- First flew 89 years ago, in 1937.
- Top speed is 3.2× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 21 m: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
- Range of 1,550 km: 9× Amsterdam to Brussels.
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1937-10-16
- introduced
- 1938
- retired
- 1940
- status
- retired
- number built
- 16
- role
- medium bomber, heavy bomber hunter
- origin
- 🇳🇱 Netherlands
- makers
- Fokker
- engines
- 2× Bristol Pegasus XXVI / Gnome et Rhône 14N / Bristol Pegasus / Armstrong Siddeley Tiger
- crew
- 5
- length
- 16 m
- wingspan
- 21 m
- height
- 4.2 m
- max take-off weight
- 7,650 kg
- top speed
- 417 km/h
- cruise speed
- 335 km/h
- range
- 1,550 km
- ceiling
- 8,550 m
- wings
- mid wing
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q2408860, Wikipedia: Fokker T.V (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.