The Fokker B.II was a prototype sesquiplane shipboard reconnaissance flying boat built in the Netherlands in 1923.
Fokker B.II | |
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Role | Reconnaissance flying boat |
Manufacturer | Fokker |
First flight | 15 December 1923 |
Number built | 1 |
It was a conventional flying boat with a duralumin hull and sesquiplane wings braced with N-struts. The tractor configuration engine was mounted on the leading edge of the upper wing driving a four-bladed propeller. Open cockpits were provided for the crew under the upper wing and in a dorsal position amidships.
The Royal Dutch Navy tested the prototype, but no production orders followed.
Data from Les Ailes, December 1923[1]
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