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The Fokker D.XXI fighter was designed in 1935 by Dutch aircraft manufacturer Fokker in response to requirements laid out by the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army Air Force -LRB- Militaire Luchtvaart van het Koninklijk Nederlands-Indisch Leger , ML-KNIL -RRB- .. fighter. Fighter aircraft. Fokker. Fokker. Royal Netherlands East Indies Army Air Force. Royal Netherlands East Indies Army Air Force. It has the distinction of being the last fighter aircraft to be developed by Fokker .. fighter. Fighter aircraft. Fokker. Fokker. The D.XXI was designed as an inexpensive , rugged , and compact fighter aircraft that would possess respectable performance for its era .. fighter. Fighter aircraft. Entering operational use in the early years of the Second World War , it provided yeoman service for both the Luchtvaartafdeling -LRB- Dutch Army Aviation Group -RRB- and the Finnish Air Force .. Second World War. World War II. Luchtvaartafdeling. Royal Netherlands Air Force. Finnish Air Force. Finnish Air Force. Additionally , a few examples were constructed by the El Carmoli factory before it fell into rebel hands during the Spanish Civil War .. El Carmoli. El Carmoli. rebel. Nationalist faction ( Spanish Civil War ). Spanish Civil War. Spanish Civil War. Following the invasion and occupation of the Netherlands in May 1940 , several captured Dutch D.XXIs were subsequently placed into service with the Luftwaffe .. invasion and occupation of the Netherlands. Netherlands in World War II#German invasion. Luftwaffe. Luftwaffe