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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Fokker Eindecker 3
Fokker Eindecker series canonical 2
Fokker E.III 1

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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