Fokker E.I
by Steve Ferguson
Title
Fokker E.I
Artist
Steve Ferguson
Medium
Painting - Watercolor On Hot Press Illustration Board
Description
Considered by many to be the first true fighter plane, the Fokker E.I gained immediate fame over the Western Front in World War I because it was not only fairly agile, it also carried a single machine gun which was synchronized to fire forward directly through the propeller. Called the "Eindecker," meaning "one wing," the E.I was powered by a seven cylinder Oberursel rotary engine of 80 horsepower and was equipped with a 7.92-mm LMG 08/15 machine gun, of the type often referred to as a "Spandau." Top speed was just over 80 mph, but this was more than enough when the aircraft made its combat debut in the summer of 1915. It was succeeded in a few months by the Fokker E.II, which was slightly improved, and then in late 1915 by the E.III, which had a 100 horsepower Oberursel rotary.
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