Fokker C.XI-W

The Fokker C.XI-W was a reconnaissance seaplane designed to operate from warships that was produced in the Netherlands in the mid-1930s.

Fokker's response was a conventional single-bay biplane with staggered wings of unequal span braced by N-struts.

The pilot and observer sat in tandem, open cockpits, and the undercarriage consisted of twin pontoons.

[1] After successful catapult trials, an order for a further 13 C.XI-Ws was placed, the aircraft being used to equip the cruisers HNLMS Tromp and HNLMS De Ruyter while operating in European waters; but most were sent to the Netherlands East Indies to equip the Navy there.

Following the German invasion of the Netherlands in 1940, the last surviving C.XI-W in Europe was successfully evacuated to the UK on 22 May.