Dutch Modelling and Aviation

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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.

White & Thompson no.3 - Dutch White & Thompson no 3

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In service with RNlNAS.

In February 1915 an English flying boat of the Type white & Thompson no 3 was interned. It had made an emergency landing at sea near the Westerschelde during an attack on Zeebrugge.
It was hit by German flak and was overpowered by a Dutch destroyer and towed to Vlissingen.
Later it was purchased for 1500 pounds sterling and repaired at Soesterberg.

The aircraft, registered MG-1 and later M-1, flew in from April 1916 from Schellingwoude near Amsterdam and from the Mok. In July 1916 there was a crack in the engine mounting and after repair it made some flights from April 1917.

White en Thompson type 3 vliegboot van de RNAS (1916-1919), reg.nr. G-1, na internering tijdens W.O. I, MVK de Mok, 1918
White & Thompson type 3 flying boat of the RNlNAS, serial G-1, at naval air station De Mok, 1918
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Detailopname van een White en Thompson type 3 vliegboot van de RNAS (1916-1919) na internering in Nederland tijdens W.O. I op MVK De Mok, 1916
Detail of the White & Thompson type 3 flying boat of the RNlNAS at naval air station De Mok, 1916
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Vliegboot # Trainingsvliegboot White & Thompson, type no 3, MG-1, (1916-1919). 03-1919 afgeschreven
Flying boat White & Thompson, type no 3, serialled MG-1. Written off in March 1919.
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