Fokker D.XXI

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Fokker D.XXI
Fokker D.XXI.
Role Fighter aircraft
National origin Netherlands.
Manufacturer Fokker
First flight 1936
Introduction 1938
Status Out of service
Number built 148

The Fokker D.XXI is a single-engine fighter aircraft designed and built by Fokker in 1935. It was used by the Dutch Air Force in World War II against Luftwaffe. Slower and less maneuverable than the German fighters as Messerschmitt Bf 109 most of them were quickly destroyed.Denmark and Finland also used this aircraft in the war.