PHILO LUND COLLECTION
No. 3806. Fokker C.IV XCO-4 (68557) US Army Air Service
Photographed at Cheyenne, Wyoming, USA, circa 1924
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08/14/2005. Remarks by Philo
Lund: "Early 1922 US Army General W. Mitchell made a trip
to Europe and visited Holland and the Fokker works. The prototype
of the Fokker C.IV two-seat fighter-reconnaissance aircraft was
shown to the general and he immediately bought the prototype and
two developed series aircraft, they became the Corps Observation
type XCO-4 (USAAS 68557) and CO-4 (USAAS 68565/68566). |
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SPECIFICATIONS |
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Model: |
XCO-4/CO-4 |
CO-4A |
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In 1924 the Netherlands Aircraft Manufacturing Company became
Atlantic Aircraft Manufacturing Company, it was this (Fokker)
company that modified one of the two CO-4’s (68565) into a AO-1
(Artillery Observation) as a private venture, after rejection by
the USAAS it was modified to become a CO-4A. |
Created November 26, 2004