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When Hungary got involved in World War II, the WM-21 S?lyom (Falcon) was the only Hungarian designed and manufactured plane in service with the Hungarian Royal Airforce. It was in widespread service as reconnaissance plane starting from 1938 onwards. In June of 1941, the machines failed to make an impression, mainly because of accidents and technical issues. The planes were diverted to the... Read more
Introduction, Company Profile, An improved C.5E: the W.M. 16 Budapest, Reclaiming of lost territories, The Sólyom, Border conflict with Romania, Invasion of Yugoslavia, The Eastern Front 1941, Kindom of Hungary in 1941, A new Fokker license, Today, Technical details, References.
Biography
Author Edwin Hoogschagen (1980) has been studying Dutch aviation history since the late 1990’s and specialises in Fokker types of the interbellum. His main activities are focussed on the Fokker G.1 and Fokker C.5. Since 2001 he has been member of the Fokker G-1 establishment and from 2007 onwards, committee member. He has been published in various Dutch magazines, and his first book, on the Fokker C.5 in Dutch service was finished in 2010.
