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Dutch Military

Fokker C.V Role: Reconnaissance Speed: 250 km/h (155 mph) Strength in May 1940: 33 Total Manufactured: 955

Koolhoven FK-51 Role: Artillery Observer Speed: 235 km/h (146 mph) Strength in May 1940: 20 Total Manufactured: 142

holland

The Luftwaffe was guaranteed air superiority over Holland by sheer numerical superiority. They allocated 247 medium bombers, 147 fighter aircraft, 424 Junkers Ju-52 transports, and 12 Heinkel He-59 seaplanes to operations over the Holland. The Dutch Air Force, the Militaire Luchtvaartafdeling (ML), had a strength of 144 combat aircraft, half of which were destroyed within the first day of operations. The remainder was dispersed and accounted for only a handful of Luftwaffe aircraft shot down. In total the ML flew a mere 332 sorties, losing 110 of its aircraft.

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