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1921 |
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Constructed as a D.VII. |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the Luftwaffe with s/n 2523. |
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One of 142 Fokker DVIIs to be transported to the USA after WW1. |
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To Crawford Airplane Company. |
17 July 1927 |
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To Mr. Victor H. Staheli, Redondo Beach, CA. |
12 December 1927 |
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To United Air Sevices, Burbank, CA with new c/r N3764. |
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Modified into a 2 seat Camera Plane. |
1936 |
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To Paul Mantz keeping c/r N3764. |
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Converted to a D.VII.
Coverted back into a singleseat Fighter with a Hispano-Suiza engine. |
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Converted to a D.VII.
Re-engined with a 300hp Hall Model H engine. |
27 June 1938 |
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To Paramount Pictures keeping c/r N3764. |
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Used in the Film Men with Wings. |
4 March 1941 |
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To United Air Services keeping c/r N3764. |
1948 |
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Civil registration, NX3764, cancelled. |
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To Tallmantz Collection. |
1954 |
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To Paul Matz Air Services, Burbank, CA with new c/r N4729V. |
16 November 1961 |
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To Tallmantz Aviation Inc keeping c/r N4729V. |
Circa 1963 |
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Photographer: William T. Larkins
Notes: At Oakland Airport, California |
19 January 1965 |
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Certificate of airworthiness for NX4729V (D-VII, 2523) issued. |
18 February 1966 |
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To Roscan Novak Auto Company keeping c/r N4729V. |
29 May 1968 |
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To Aeroflex Foundation keeping c/r N4729V. |
1970 |
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To Wings and Wheels Collection keeping c/r N4729V. |
22 April 1970 |
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Certificate of airworthiness for NX4729V (D-VII, 2523) issued. |
9 June 1972 |
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To Aeroflex Museum, New York, NY keeping c/r N4729V. |
1981 |
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To Fokker NV, Amsterdam, the Netherlands keeping c/r N4729V. |
From Unknown to 12 December 1981 |
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Transported by ship.
Arriving in the Rotterdam harbour. |
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Transported by ground.
To the Fokker factories at Schiphol, the Netherlands. |
1982 |
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To Militaire Luchtvaart Museum, Kamp van Zeist, Soesterberg, Utrecht.
 View the Location Dossier |
From 1982 to 1988 |
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Restored.
Markings Applied: 226 |
14 October 1982 |
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To Aeroflex Museum, New York, NY keeping c/r N4729V. |
1988 |
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Placed on display. |
10 October 2010 |
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Photographer: Thomas Delvoye |
11 December 2012 |
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Civil registration, N4729V, cancelled. |
2014 |
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To Nationale Militaire Museum, Former Soesterberg Air Base, Soesterberg, Utrecht.
View the Location Dossier |
28 January 2015 |
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Photographer: Thomas Delvoye |
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This airframe was also used in the film Hells Angels. |
9 April 2019 |
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Photographer: Johnny Comstedt
Notes: Falsely marked Netherlands Air Force 266 in Nationaal Militair Museum, Soesterberg, Netherlands 9. April 2019. |
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