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Typenumber M.8./A.1
Type of aircraft
Observation aircraft
Date first flight 1915
Crew 1
Wingspan 9,5
Lenght 7,2
Enginetype 1xOberursel
Engine
power
100 hp
max speed 130 km/h
ceiling 3000 m
armament 1x7.62 mm machine gun
Fokker M.8./A.1

Fokker M.8

Observation aircraft


The Fokker M.8. observation and trainer aircraft was based on the Fokker M.5L with 100 hp engine.

Fokker build 30-40 of these aircrafts. Halberstadt build them in licence as Halberstadt A.2.

 

The aircraft on the photo left was integrated by the Netherlands, after an emergengy landing on Dutch territory. The orange "ball" on the wing was the sign of the Dutch nationality.