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Originally Posted by g-1reaper
(G dot Roman I)
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In reality it was not very consistent either. There are Fokker drawings and reports with "G I", "G-I", "GI", "G 1", "G-1" and "G1" to be found, and also "G-I wasp" (no caps on Wasp). Ironically it's the dot that seems to be rarest! A pre-war(?) French brochure labels it
G.l "MERCURY" VIII (the 1 could be Roman or Arabic, it's just a stripe). Stencils on the vertical tail also say "G l" (undefined 1 or I).
Fokker D XXI drawings and documents show more consistency, either written as "D XXI" or "D.XXI" (even
Fokker D XXI m/Mercury VIII; m/ for "met" = "with"), although a 1939 handbook uses "D21" and Fokker advertised it as the "D.21" both in publications as on the AVIA aviation exhibition! Stencils on the vertical tail say "D XXI" (clear Roman 1).
The inconsistent use of dots, periods and hyphens continued until Fokker's demise in the 1990s, but at least the Roman numbers were dropped in favour of Arabic numerals.