"An aircraft, of comparable size to the [Fokker] D-21, was offered for production at VEF by Prof. John D. Akerman in
1936. Designed for the Spanish Republicans it was never built, because Franco had won."
(Correspondence with F.Gerdessen)
Thus far I have been unable to identify which of Akerman's known designs was offered to VEF - perhaps it is one which
is not documented at all.