Fokker Eindecker series

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The Fokker Eindecker series was a pioneering World War I German monoplane fighter aircraft, notable for introducing a synchronized forward-firing machine gun that gave Germany early air superiority.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War I aircraft ⓘ
fighter aircraft series ⓘ
military monoplane ⓘ
aircraftType monoplane ⓘ
armament Spandau lMG 08 machine gun ⓘ
linked to: MG 08 machine gun

forward-firing machine gun ⓘ
category German fighter aircraft 1910–1919 ⓘ
Rotary-engined aircraft ⓘ
Single-engined tractor aircraft ⓘ
World War I German fighter aircraft ⓘ
configuration single-seat aircraft ⓘ
conflict World War I ⓘ
consequence early German air superiority in World War I ⓘ
construction fabric-covered wooden structure ⓘ
controlSystem wing-warping for roll control ⓘ
countryOfOrigin German Empire ⓘ
derivedFrom Fokker M.5 ⓘ
designer Anthony Fokker ⓘ
engineType rotary engine ⓘ
enteredService 1915 ⓘ
era early fighter aviation ⓘ
firstFlight 1915 ⓘ
historicalSignificance first successful fighter with synchronized gun firing through propeller arc ⓘ
influenced development of dedicated fighter aircraft ⓘ
introducedCapability practical gun synchronization gear for fighters ⓘ
languageOfName German ⓘ
manufacturer Fokker ⓘ
meaningOfName single-wing (monoplane) ⓘ
nickname Fokker Scourge ⓘ
notableFor synchronized forward-firing machine gun ⓘ
powerplantExample Oberursel U.0 rotary engine ⓘ
Oberursel U.I rotary engine ⓘ
primaryUser Luftstreitkräfte ⓘ
linked to: Air Force
propulsion single-engine tractor configuration ⓘ
replacedBy Albatros D-series fighters ⓘ
retired 1917 ⓘ
role fighter ⓘ
timeInServicePeak 1915–1916 ⓘ
usedBy Austro-Hungarian Aviation Troops ⓘ
Imperial German Army Air Service ⓘ
Imperial German Navy Air Service ⓘ
Ottoman Air Force ⓘ
linked to: Ottoman air units
variant Fokker E.I ⓘ
linked to: Fokker M.5

Fokker E.II ⓘ
linked to: Fokker M.5

Fokker E.III ⓘ
linked to: Fokker M.5

Fokker E.IV ⓘ
linked to: Fokker M.5
wingConfiguration shoulder-wing monoplane ⓘ

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Imperial German Army Air Service → usedAircraft → Fokker Eindecker series ⓘ
Airco DH.2 → designedToCounter → Fokker Eindecker ⓘ
linked to: Fokker Eindecker series
Ottoman air units → usedAircraftType → Fokker E.III ⓘ
linked to: Fokker Eindecker series
Stefan Stec → aircraftFlown → Fokker Eindecker ⓘ
linked to: Fokker Eindecker series
Jasta 2 → aircraftUsed → Fokker Eindecker series ⓘ
Max Immelmann → aircraftFlown → Fokker Eindecker ⓘ
subject linked to: Der Adler von Lille
linked to: Fokker Eindecker series
Anthony Fokker → notableWork → Fokker Eindecker series ⓘ
Fokker Scourge → hasMainAircraft → Fokker Eindecker ⓘ
linked to: Fokker Eindecker series
Fokker Scourge → namedAfter → Fokker Eindecker ⓘ
linked to: Fokker Eindecker series
Fokker Scourge → hasKeyTechnology → Fokker synchronization gear ⓘ
linked to: Fokker Eindecker series
Fokker M.5 → developedInto → Fokker Eindecker series ⓘ
Fokker M.5 → influenced → Fokker Eindecker fighter design ⓘ
linked to: Fokker Eindecker series
Kampfeinsitzerkommando → aircraftTypeUsed → Fokker Eindecker series ⓘ
Luftstreitkräfte → usedAircraftModel → Fokker Eindecker ⓘ
linked to: Fokker Eindecker series
Kampfeinsitzerkommando Boelcke → usedAircraftType → Fokker Eindecker series ⓘ
Jasta Boelcke → aircraftUsed → Fokker Eindecker series ⓘ
Jasta 6 → usedAircraft → Fokker Eindecker series ⓘ