RAF Fokker F.XXII & F.XXXVI

There is a lot of information on these types on these pages: http://www.dutch-aviation.nl/ (find the ‘Civil aircraft’ list under ‘Anthony Fokker’). The photos are of the aircraft in Dutch service, but the information is quite complete.

Thank you very much everybody.

Working from memory, but I think all three carried camouflage and roundels with their civilian registartions – I’ve certainly seen photos of both F22s in that state

Here’s a shot of the plane from the earlier mentioned book (I got the Dutch version though). It is a really good book that I thoroughly recommend to anyone with an interest in fokkers.

Steve,

The March 1985 issue of the other magazine has an article on the F.XX, F.XXII and F.XXXVI. It includes a nice interior view of the cockpit of a F.XXII and a (post-war?) shot of F.XXII in Scottish Airlines livery as G-AFZP. PM me with an email addy for further details.

Best wishes
Steve P

Well that answers the rest of a question I had…

Couple years ago at a model railroad show (of all places) I bought a copy print (8×10 B&W) of a prewar-looking Scottish Airways airliner, the photo said to have been taken circa 1950 at Malton, Ontario (ie. what is now Toronto’s Pearson Airport). The scene was very plainly NOT Malton airport. Well, not the one in Ontario, anyway. Was stumped as to what type the airliner was but the reg G-AFZP was clearly visible, so I Googled that and found it to have been a Fokker F.XXII; and, almost certainly, the “Malton” of the photo would have been the “original” one, Malton, N Yorks!

Fascinating to hear the rest of the story. Didn’t realize so few of these four-engined Fokkers had been built, nor that some of them saw RAF service. Would scan and post the photo but for two obstacles: one, it’s copyrighted; two, I haven’t a scanner here.

Cheers

Steve T

Of the four Fokker F.XXII produced two served with the RAF. C/N 5357 first registered to KLM as PH-AJP on 27-03-35 and named “Papegaai”. Sold to Scottish Aviationand registered G-AFZP on the 25-08-39. Impressed on the 00-10-41 as HM160. Regained its civilian reg. in 1945 with Scottish Aviation named ‘Highlander’. Scrapped 00-07-52.
C/N 5360. Registered to KLM as PH-AJR on the 22-05-35 and named “Roerdomp”. Sold to British American Air Service and registered G-AFXR on the 02-08-39. Impressed as HM159 on the 00-10-41 named “Brontosaurus” later”Sylvia Scarlet”. Perished in Loch Tarbert, Kintyre
on the 03-07-43.
HM161 was reserved for the Fokker F.XXXVI but never used when impressed in 1940. It was badly damaged in a failed start at Prestwick 21-05-40 and scrapped. All information from “Fokker Commercial Aircraft” a product of the Pubic Relations Dept. Fokker. A damn good book bought in a sale for a couple of quid!

There is a photo on p.250 of Daniel J March (ed) British Warplanes of World War II. No access to a scanner at the mo, I’m afraid.

Cees,

Many thanks for the information. If anyone out there can lay their hands on a copy, I’d love to see it.

Steve

Steve,

IIRC there was an article in FlyPast in the early eighties. I believe the
article was called: the search for Sylvia Scarlet.

HTH

Cees