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- 1. Fokker T-8W: Joost J. Bakker from IJmuiden· CC BY 2.0
what is it?
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.
How to recognise it: 2 piston engines with propellers · 18 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 88 years ago, in 1938.
- Top speed is 2.2× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 18 m: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Range of 2,750 km: 15× Amsterdam to Brussels.
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1938
- introduced
- 1939
- number built
- 50
- role
- torpedo-bomber seaplane
- makers
- Fokker
- engines
- 2× Wright R-975-E3 Whirlwind
- crew
- 3
- length
- 13 m
- wingspan
- 18 m
- height
- 5 m
- max take-off weight
- 5,000 kg
- top speed
- 285 km/h
- range
- 2,750 km
- ceiling
- 6,800 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1435272, Wikipedia: Fokker T.VIII (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.