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Fokker F.VIIB
Three engine bomber or 8 seat passenger aircraft
At the end of 1932 the Belgian Militair Vliegwezen/Aéronautique Militaire acquired a single Fokker F.VIIB transport aircraft constructed under license by Sabca. The intention was to convert it into a night-bomber and for that purpose a bomb rack was added as well as a gunner’s position with “Scarf Ring” behind the wing on top of the fuselage. In 1933/34 two more Fokkers were obtained from Sabena but these were straight passenger aircraft, one of them often being used by the Royal family. In 1938, during the “Munich Crisis” Sabena transferred 4 of its Fokker F.VIIB’s to the Aéronautique Militaire Belge. These aircraft were supposed to increase the remaining AéM Fokkers in the night bombardment role but because of their limited value for this task they soon were replaced by Fairey Fox IIIc’s.
Separate from these Belgian Air Force Fokkers at least two Fokker F.VIIB’s of Sabena were requisitioned by the Weermacht/Force Publique in Belgian Congo to be used as air ambulances during the Kenya campaign in WWII.
F-1
C/N
Date In
-
1932
Date Out
May 1940
History
F-1, 3/I3Aé, destroyed in bombing of Evere airfield.
F-2
C/N
Date In
-
1933
Date Out
May 1940
History
Ex OO-AIM, F-2, 3/I/3Aé, abandoned at Evere airfield.
F-3
C/N
Date In
-
1934
Date Out
Oct 1934
History
Ex OO-AGK, F-3, crashed at Beverlo on 18 Oct 1934.
F-4
C/N
Date In
-
Nov 1938
Date Out
May 1940
History
Ex OO-AIO, F-4, Wfu 1939, abandoned at Evere.
F-5
C/N
Date In
-
Nov 1938
Date Out
1939
History
Ex OO-AIQ, F-5, Wfu 1939
F-6
C/N
Date In
-
Nov 1938
Date Out
1939
History
Ex OO-AIN, F-6, Wfu 1939
F-7
C/N
Date In
-
Nov 1938
Date Out
May 1940
History
Ex OO-AGG, F-7, abandoned at Evere, possibly used as transport aircraft by the Germans.
OO-AIV
C/N
Date In
-
Dec 1940
Date Out
Sep 1941
History
Ex OO-AIV, requisitioned by the Weermacht/Force Publique in Belgian Congo between 1 December 1940 and January 1943. Registration cancelled on 6 Aug 1945.
OO-AIW
C/N
Date In
Jul 1941
Date Out
Jul 1945
History
Ex OO-AIW requisitioned by the Weermacht/Force Publique in Belgian Congo according to some unconfirmed sources between July 1941 and Jul 1945..
OO-AIX
C/N
Date In
-
Jul 1941
Date Out
Jun 1942
History
Ex OO-AIX, requisitioned by the Weermacht/Force Publique in Belgian Congo between July 1941 and July 1945. Registration cancelled on 6 Aug 1945.