Frederick Koolhoven [SEP] place of death
inactive member of the National Socialist Movement in the Netherlands (NSB). After the war he was captured by the Dutch police because of this membership but he was released several days later. Frederick Koolhoven died of a stroke at Haarlem in 1946.
See also.
- Deperdussin Seagull for his work at British Deperdussin Company (1913)
- Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft for Koolhoven aircraft F.K 1 to F.K. 10 (1914 to 1917)
- British Aerial Transport for Koolhoven aircraft F.K 22 to F.K. 28 (1918 to 1920
Frederick Koolhoven
Frederick (Frits) Koolhoven (11 January 1886 – 1 July 1946) was an aircraft designer in Britain and his native Netherlands.
Koolhoven was born in Bloemendaal, Netherlands. After training as an engineer in Liège and Antwerp, he worked from 1907 as a mechanical engineer for Minerva in Antwerp, and also drove in races and rallies for them. He became interested in aviation. In 1910 he acquired his own Hanriot aircraft, and was involved in the construction of the first Dutch plane the "Heidevogel"