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Old 27th June 2008 | 19:25
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RETDPI
 
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Spot On Mel!



During the Spanish Civil War Fokker supplied (secretly) the Republicans with support in the form of ,apparently, 25 fuselages and 50 wing sets for their D XXI fighter.
Before these could be produced as full airframes however, the victorious fascist forces over ran the assembly plant.
In later building the Hispano HS-42 trainer, advantage was taken of this and many components of the Dutch fighter were used in its construction. So there we have a bit of technical and political history rolled together, resulting in this Iberian oddity.

Mel - the floor is yours.
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