Fokker G.I

The Fokker G.I was a Dutch twin‑engine heavy fighter and bomber that entered service in the 1930s. First flown on 24 February 1934, it equipped the Royal Netherlands Air Force and the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army Air Force. The high‑wing monoplane combined a steel‑tube fuselage with wooden wings and was powered by two 750 hp radial engines such as the Wright R‑1820 or the Bristol Pegasus. It could reach about 460 km/h, had a range of roughly 1 600 km and carried a nose‑mounted 20 mm cannon together with machine guns, giving it both air‑to‑air and ground‑attack capability. Its compact twin‑engine layout offered better survivability than single‑engine fighters, and the mixed construction allowed relatively quick production while many nations were still shifting from wood‑and‑fabric biplanes to all‑metal monoplanes. Only thirteen were built and the type saw limited combat, but the G.I demonstrated the practicality of twin‑engine heavy fighters and influenced later designs such as the German Messerschmitt Bf 110. In Dutch aviation history the G.I remains a symbol of pre‑war innovation and the last indigenous fighter produced before the German occupation. Today a few surviving examples are displayed in aviation museums worldwide.

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