Fokker Eindecker (1:20)

Fokker Eindecker is the first German monoplane fighter and single-seat aircraft in the First World War. It was the first fighter aircraft that can fire a forward facing machine gun all the way through its propeller without hitting the blades. Earlier designs permitted firing through the propeller only with deflectors mounted on it. This firing device was great in aerial battle because it stayed away from pressuring the propeller and permitted the pilot to shoot the machine gun at his enemy by just positioning his aircraft towards it.

During the Fokker Scourge in 1915, it damaged some Allies in the air. The monoplane was mostly used to prevent the Allied forces to access the German airspace. In February 1916, it was used to control the airspace over Verdun and in the summer of 1916, the Allies got their aerial dominance back.

It was developed in April 1915 and was designed by a Dutch engineer Anthony Fokker. The Eindecker has five variants. These were the Fokker M.5K/MG (A.III), Fokker E.I, Fokker E.II, Fokker E.III and the Fokker E.IV. There were 249 Fokker E.IIIs built which were the most numerous among the Fokkers> The least was the Fokker M.5K/MG (A.III).

The difference between the Fokker E.I and the Fokker E.II is their engines. The E.I used a 7-cylinder 80 horse power Oberursel U.0 rotary engine while the E.II used a 9-cylinder Oberursel U I 100 horse power version. A total of 416 Fokkers were built in all its variants. The perfect variant of the Eindecker was the E.III. In the end of 1915, it began its service for Boelcke's Feld-Flieger Abteilung 62. A number of E.III was equipped with a twin Spandau MG 08 machine gun. The last version was the Fokker E.IV. It has a 160-hp engine and is built-in with twin machine guns.

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