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Langdon · 18 December 2003, 10:23 PM

Hello,

I'm sorry but I do not have time to answer all of your questions properly but here are a few points. I do not believe we can really draw anything from the Platz letters, many people are expressing doubts concerning his role at the Fokker works, if he was the chief designer his memory was letting him down, he stated that the spars were parallel and that the ailerons used piano type hinges, on both counts he was wrong. I cannot remember any discussion on the paint scheme.

I doubt if any D.VIII wings were ever produced in Holland, I suspect the wings on the aircraft that Fokker supplied to the US Air Service would have been part of the stock he transferred from Germany at the end of the war. I also suspect these aircraft were painted in the USA and I have no doubt that all wartime production E.V - D.VIII aircraft were painted with streaky camouflage.

I agree with Dan-San that the undercarriage wing would have been painted in olive with no streaking. There is a very good factory photo of the V.25 taken from underneath the cockpit area looking forward over the undercarriage wing and it clearly shows that it was painted, but with no streaking (I have only inspected this photo recently).

I would like to give a belated acknowledgement to Dave Watts for the photo of the D.VIII wing undergoing testing that I used earlier in this thread, Dave, with a small amount of help from me, is compiling a book on Fokker factory photos which will be truly enlightening when it is released sometime in the future.

Dan-San, I would love to see copies of the E.V 137/18 photos if possible?

Happy Holidays,
Langdon

18 December 2003, 10:23 PM	#29 (permalink)
Langdon Forum Ace Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Australia Posts: 753	Hello, I'm sorry but I do not have time to answer all of your questions properly but here are a few points. I do not believe we can really draw anything from the Platz letters, many people are expressing doubts concerning his role at the Fokker works, if he was the chief designer his memory was letting him down, he stated that the spars were parallel and that the ailerons used piano type hinges, on both counts he was wrong. I cannot remember any discussion on the paint scheme. I doubt if any D.VIII wings were ever produced in Holland, I suspect the wings on the aircraft that Fokker supplied to the US Air Service would have been part of the stock he transferred from Germany at the end of the war. I also suspect these aircraft were painted in the USA and I have no doubt that all wartime production E.V - D.VIII aircraft were painted with streaky camouflage. I agree with Dan-San that the undercarriage wing would have been painted in olive with no streaking. There is a very good factory photo of the V.25 taken from underneath the cockpit area looking forward over the undercarriage wing and it clearly shows that it was painted, but with no streaking (I have only inspected this photo recently). I would like to give a belated acknowledgement to Dave Watts for the photo of the D.VIII wing undergoing testing that I used earlier in this thread, Dave, with a small amount of help from me, is compiling a book on Fokker factory photos which will be truly enlightening when it is released sometime in the future. Dan-San, I would love to see copies of the E.V 137/18 photos if possible? Happy Holidays, Langdon