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.

Bristol F2B Fighter - Dutch Bristol F.2B

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An aircraft of this type made an emergency landing on September 29, 1917 between Sluis and Zuidzande in Zeeuws-Vlaanderen. It was interned and moved to Soesterberg, where it arrived on October 8, 1917.

After overhaul Lt. Versteegh flew with it on January 23, 1918.
After the war Lt. Versteegh and Hofstee flew with it to England on September 30, 1919 and returned to the Netherlands on October 13, 1919.

Bristol F.2B B1124, geïnterneerd te Zuidzande 29 sept. 1917. BE.2C LA24. Sub.Lt. J. Frost, sub.lt. F.L. Smith. RFC No. 48 Sq.
Bristol F.2B B1124, interned near Zuidzande, September 29, 1917;
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Zijaanzicht Bristol F.2B BR401, ex-B1124. Met oranje bollen.
Side view Bristol F.2B BR401, ex-B1124 with orange national insignia.
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Bristol F.2B BR401, ex-B1124. Met oranje bollen.
Bristol F.2B BR401, ex-B1124 with orange national insignia.
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Bristol F.2B BR401, ex-B1124.
Detail of the marking (applied only) on the right side of the Bristol F.2B BR401, ex-B1124.
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