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Fokker E

Fighter monoplane family

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Also known as Fokker Eindecker fighters · Fokker Type E · Type E (Fokker) · Eindecker · E

Manufacturer: Fokker
Subclass of: fighter monoplane with 1 engine
, land-based aircraft
, single-seat fighter

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The Fokker Eindecker fighters were a series of German World War I monoplane single-seat fighter aircraft designed by Dutch engineer Anthony Fokker. Developed in April 1915, the first Eindecker ("Monoplane") was the first purpose-built German fighter aircraft and the first aircraft to be fitted with a synchronization gear, enabling the pilot to fire a machine gun through the arc of the propeller without striking the blades. The Eindecker gave the German Army's Air Service (then the Fliegertruppen des deutschen Kaiserreiches) a degree of air superiority from July 1915 until early 1916. This period, during which Allied aviators regarded their poorly armed aircraft as "Fokker Fodder", became known as the "Fokker Scourge".

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First flight: May 23, 1915
Uses: wing warping
Total produced: 416

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