Fokker C.I

The Fokker C.I was a German reconnaissance biplane that was still under development at the end of World War I. The design was essentially an enlarged Fokker D.VII fighter with two seats and a 138 kW BMW IIIa engine, originally meant for the German Army. The prototype, the V.38, was tested at Schwerin and put into immediate production, but the type never saw service in the war, and Anthony Fokker smuggled parts out of Germany at the time of the Armistice so that production could continue in the Netherlands. The Dutch ordered 16 in February 1919 and the Soviet Union bought 42; the C.I served in reconnaissance and trainer roles, and the last one left service in 1936.