Fokker V.27

The Fokker V.27 was a German parasol-monoplane fighter prototype designed by Reinhold Platz and built by Fokker-Flugzeugwerke. It was little more than an enlarged V.26, the prototype for the D.VIII, fitted with a 145 kW Benz Bz.IIIb liquid-cooled inline engine, and it reflected Fokker's habit of pursuing similar aircraft with both rotary and inline engines. Fokker submitted the V.27 to the second fighter competition at Adlershof in May and June 1918. The V.37 was a ground-attack variant of the V.27, fitted with extensive armour plating to protect the pilot and engine. Neither the V.27 nor the V.37 was placed in production.