Editing Heavy fighter (section)

==Netherlands==
[[File:Fokker_g1.gif|thumb|The [[Fokker G.I]] in flight]]
The [[Fokker G.I]] was a private venture design by Dutch aircraft manufacturer [[Fokker]] in 1936. The G.I was designed to serve on the heavier end of the spectrum of heavy fighters, as a ''jachtkruiser''<ref name="Noppen2016">{{cite book|last=Noppen|first=Ryan|title=Blue Skies, Orange Wings|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CvMxDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA194|access-date=31 January 2021|year=2016|publisher=Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.|location=Grand Rapids, MI, USA|isbn=9780802848703|page=194|quote="The LVA showed immediate interest in the G.1 as Fokker's jachtkruiser better fulfilled the role of a bomber-killer...}}</ref> or a [[bomber destroyer]], and was comparable to early models of the German Messerschmitt Bf 110. The G.I was formidably armed relative even to other early heavy fighters; with twin 23&nbsp;mm (.91 in) Madsen cannons, and a pair of 7.9&nbsp;mm (.31 in) Madsen machine guns (later up-armed to eight machine guns) in the nose. For defensive purposes, a single Madsen 7.9&nbsp;mm machine gun was mounted in a rear-facing turret, manned by the second crew-member.<ref name="Green1967p507">{{Harvnb|Green|1967|p=507.}}</ref><ref name="tracesofwar.com">{{Cite web|title=Fokker G.1 (G-1) - TracesOfWar.com|url=https://www.tracesofwar.com/articles/2543/Fokker--G1-G-1.htm|access-date=2022-02-16|website=www.tracesofwar.com|language=en}}</ref>

Prior to the [[Battle of the Netherlands|Nazi German invasion of the Netherlands]], the G.I was actively involved in air-border patrols in order to ensure neutrality and the integrity of Dutch airspace. On 20 March 1940, a G.I forced down an [[Armstrong Whitworth Whitley]] from [[No. 77 Squadron RAF]] when it strayed into Dutch air space.<ref name="Green1967p511"/>

On 10 May 1940, when Nazi Germany invaded, 23 G.I aircraft were serviceable. In the "Five-day War", the available G.I fighters were mainly deployed in ground attack missions, strafing advancing German infantry units, but were also used to attack [[Junkers Ju 52|Junkers Ju 52 transports]].<ref name="Green1967p511">{{Harvnb|Green|1967|p=511.}}</ref> Although reports are fragmentary and inaccurate as to the results, G.I fighters were employed over Rotterdam and the Hague, contributing to the loss of 167 Ju 52s, scoring up to 14 confirmed aerial kills. With relentless attacks by the [[Luftwaffe]] on Dutch airfields, and overwhelming German air superiority, the G.I suffered heavy losses.<ref>{{Harvnb|Van der Klaauw|1966|p=186.}}</ref>

At the [[Battle of the Netherlands#The surrender of the Dutch Army|conclusion of hostilities]], several G.Is were captured by the Germans, and utilized as heavy-fighter trainers for Bf 110 crews at [[Wiener Neustadt]].<ref>{{Harvnb|Green|1961|p=107.}}</ref> For the next two years, ''Flugzeugführerschule (B) 8'' flew the G.I until attrition grounded the fleet.<ref name="Green1967p511"/> On 5 May 1941, a Fokker test pilot, Hidde Leegstra, accompanied by engineer (and member of the Fokker Board of Directors) Dr. Piet Vos, managed to fly a G.I to England from the [[Netherlands in World War II#German occupation|occupied Netherlands]].<ref name="Green1967p511"/> After landing in England, the G.I was conscripted by [[Miles Aircraft|Phillips and Powis Aircraft]]. The company had designed an all-wooden fighter-bomber, and was interested in the G.I wing structure and its resistance to the rigours of a British climate. Despite being left outdoors for the remainder of the war, the G.I survived only to be eventually scrapped after 1945.<ref>{{Harvnb|Van der Klaauw|1966|pp=188–189.}}</ref><ref>{{Harvnb|Hooftman|1981|pp=108–117.}}</ref>

There are no surviving G.Is today, although a replica has been built, and is now displayed at the Dutch ''[[Nationaal Militair Museum]]'' (National Military Museum).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.airhistory.net/generic-type/4918/Fokker-G-I|title = AirHistory.net - Fokker G.I aircraft photos}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.vanwageningen.net/picture/2802-20080528_14_lva_fokker_g_i_replica_330_military_aviation_museum_nl/tags/1875-replica|title=#2802 LVA - Fokker G.I Replica (330) &#124; Matthijs van Wageningen's Photo Gallery}}</ref><ref name="tracesofwar.com"/>