Dutch Modelling and Aviation

In Memoriam

Klaas Willem Jonker
(Wilko)
† April 30, 2018

On Monday, April 30, 2018, Wilko Jonker passed away after a long illness at the age of 58. He leaves behind a wife and two children. The Dutch military aviation and plastic model building were his hobby and on this website he has shared all the knowledge he has gathered about it over the many years. His hobby was able to distract him from the raging disease in his body until the last week of his life. The contacts with other hobbyists were a major support for him.

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In 1923 the NEIAF ordered ten Fokker D.C.Is as a replacement for the disappointing Vickers Viking IV.

They were built at the Fokker factory at Veere and entered service in March 1926. The last two Fokker D.C.Is were withdrawn from use in 1934.

Some received later the revised and modified Napier Lion II engines of the withdrawn Viking.
December 29, 1930 the first parachute jump in the Netherlands East Indies  was made from a Fokker D.C.I.

Een formatie Fokker D.C. I verkenningsvliegtuigen van de Luchtvaartafdeling van het KNIL (LA/KNIL) boven Napier Lion met o.a. de FD 406
A formation Fokker D.C. I of the NEIAF.
[Enclosed photo from BeeldBank NIMH. Click on photo for ordering information]

 

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