# Info Wanted on FOKKER Twin-Tail Fighter Plane

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 26, 2004, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/info-wanted-on-fokker-twin-tail-fighter-plane/271274 "2004-10-26T18:17:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/info-wanted-on-fokker-twin-tail-fighter-plane/271274/1 "2004-10-26T18:17:05Z")

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The Dutch Fokker aircraft company came out with a twin-fuselage fighter plane, just before WWII. I think it was called the “G-6”? Anyway, I don’t believe than any of the planes survived the war…does anybody have any info on the plane? Was it a particularly good design? I believe that the US P-39 Lightning was a very goodfighter plane, however, it was quite a tricky plane to fly.

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**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/info-wanted-on-fokker-twin-tail-fighter-plane/271274/2 "2004-10-26T18:22:57Z")

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[Fokker K1](http://www.csd.uwo.ca/~pettypi/elevon/gustin_military/db/ger/FOKKERKI.html)

Also reference [here.](http://users.skynet.be/nestofdragons/weird_09.htm)

Only one was ever built, apparantly. It had handling problems. 😃

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**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/info-wanted-on-fokker-twin-tail-fighter-plane/271274/3 "2004-10-26T18:26:44Z")

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[looking in \*The Encyclopedia of World Aircraft \* - aha, there it is.]

Try G.I, G.Ia, or G.Ib. It looked a bit like a P-38 with radial engines, and was of wood construction. Only 23 were built before the war, all going to the Netherlands military, and all but 1 were destroyed in the German invasion. Several more were built under occupation for the Luftwaffe as trainers. No info about flying qualities, though.