Max Immelmann of Feldflieger Abteilung 62 in the cockpit of his Fokker E.I.

The Fokker E.I was the first successful fighter aircraft, entering combat with the German Army Air Service in mid-1915 which marked the start of a period known as the "Fokker Scourge" during which the E.I and its Fokker Eindecker successors ruled the skies over the Western Front. Jump to: navigation, search Image File history File links Max_Immelmann_Fokker_EI.jpg German First World War flying ace Max Immelmann in the cockpit of his Fokker E.I. Photo taken 1915 or 1916. ... Jump to: navigation, search Image File history File links Max_Immelmann_Fokker_EI.jpg German First World War flying ace Max Immelmann in the cockpit of his Fokker E.I. Photo taken 1915 or 1916. ... Jump to: navigation, search Max Immelmann Max Immelmann (September 21, 1890 - June 18, 1916) was a German World War I Flying ace. ... A fighter aircraft is a military aircraft designed primarily for attacking other aircraft, as opposed to a bomber, which is designed to attack ground targets, primarily by dropping bombs. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1915 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... The Fokker Scourge, a term coined by the British press, was a period of time in World War I in the summer of 1915. ... The Fokker Eindecker was a German First World War monoplane single-seat fighter aircraft designed by Dutch engineer Anthony Fokker. ... For most of World War I, Allied Forces, predominantly those of France and the United Kingdom, were stalled at trenches on the Western Front. ...

The E.I was essentially a Fokker M.5K single-seat reconnaissance aircraft (military designation A.III) fitted with the newly-developed interrupter gear firing a single Parabellum lMG 14 or Spandau lMG 08 machine gun. Indeed the first five E.Is had been ordered and were under construction as A.IIIs but were completed as E.Is. Subsequent production E.Is had their wings lowered from the M.5's shoulder configuration (level with the top of the fuselage) to a central position which improved pilot visibility. (These were designated by Fokker as the M.14 which was also used for the following two Eindecker variants.) Airframe of the prototype Fokker M.5 The Fokker M.5 was an unarmed single-seat monoplane aircraft designed and built by Anthony Fokker in 1913. ... Jump to: navigation, search Mixed reconaissance patrol of the Polish Home Army and the Soviet Red Army during Operation Tempest, 1944 Reconnaissance is the military term for the active gathering of information about an enemy, or other conditions, by physical observation. ... The interrupter gear, more properly (and correctly) known as a synchronisation gear, was a triggering device attached to a fighter aircrafts machine gun so that it would fire only at certain times. ... MG08 with optical sight. ... A machine gun is a fully-automatic firearm that is capable of firing bullets in rapid succession. ... Jump to: navigation, search In an aircraft, the fuselage is the main body section that holds crew and passengers or cargo. ...

The E.I was mainly flown by the Fliegertruppes of the German Army. Two were supplied to the Austro-Hungarian air force and five to the Kaiserliche Marine in April 1916. The E.I was soon joined by the improved Fokker E.II and, as the first E.Is were entering service in June 1915, the first of the E.II type was being demonstrated by Anthony Fokker. However, E.I production continued in parallel with the E.II and output of the types depended on the availability of the Oberursel engines; the 80-hp U.0 for the E.I and the 100-hp U.I for the E.II. In fact, E.Is were still being produced in 1916 well after E.II production had ceased, having been supeseded by the Fokker E.III. In all 54 were delivered. Jump to: navigation, search Heer (listen â–¶(?)) is the German word for army. ... Austria-Hungary, also known as the Dual monarchy (or: the k. ... The Kaiserliche Marine or Imperial Navy was the German Navy created by the formation of the German Empire and existed between 1871 and 1919; it grew out of the Prussian Navy and the Norddeutsche Bundesmarine. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1916 is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January-February January 1 -The first successful blood transfusion using blood that had been stored and cooled. ... The first production Fokker E.II.. The Fokker E.II was the second variant of the German Fokker Eindecker single-seat monoplane fighter aircraft of the First World War. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1915 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Time magazine, December 31, 1923 Anton Herman Gerard Anthony Fokker (April 6, 1890 – December 23, 1939), was born in Kediri (Dutch East Indies, now Indonesia) and became a Dutch aircraft manufacturer. ... Motorenfabrik Oberursel A.G. was a German manufacturer of automobile, locomotive and aircraft engines. ... Captured E.III 210/16 in flight at Upavon, Wiltshire in 1916. ...

Specifications

General Characteristics

• Crew: one
• Length: 23 ft 7 in ( m)
• Wingspan: 32 ft 11½ in ( m)
• Height: 9 ft 5½ in ( m)
• Wing area: 172.2 ft² ( m²)
• Empty: 789 lb ( kg)
• Loaded: 1,241 lb ( kg)
• Maximum takeoff: lb ( kg)
• Powerplant: 1x Oberursel U.0 7-cylinder air-cooled radial engine, 80 hp ( kW)

Motorenfabrik Oberursel A.G. was a German manufacturer of automobile, locomotive and aircraft engines. ... Radial engine of a biplane. ...

Performance

• Maximum speed: mph ( km/h)
• Range: miles ( km)
• Service ceiling: ft ( m)
• Rate of climb: 20 min to 6,500 ft
• Wing loading: lb/ft² ( kg/m²)
• Power/Mass: hp/lb ( kW/kg)

Armament

• 1x forward-firing Spandau lMG 08 machine gun

MG08 with optical sight. ... A machine gun is a fully-automatic firearm that is capable of firing bullets in rapid succession. ...

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Related development: Fokker M.5K - Fokker E.II Airframe of the prototype Fokker M.5 The Fokker M.5 was an unarmed single-seat monoplane aircraft designed and built by Anthony Fokker in 1913. ... The first production Fokker E.II.. The Fokker E.II was the second variant of the German Fokker Eindecker single-seat monoplane fighter aircraft of the First World War. ...

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Designation sequence: E.I - E.II - E.III - E.IV - E.V The first production Fokker E.II.. The Fokker E.II was the second variant of the German Fokker Eindecker single-seat monoplane fighter aircraft of the First World War. ... Captured E.III 210/16 in flight at Upavon, Wiltshire in 1916. ... The Fokker E.IV was the final variant of the Fokker Eindecker fighter aircraft that was operated by Germany during the First World War. ... The Fokker D.VIII (also E.V) was a late World War I parasol-monoplane fighter aircraft designed by Anton Fokker Rheinhold Platz at the Fokker company. ...

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