Fokker E-I

De Fokker E-I (M.5K) (A-III)

The E-I was a transitional type, developed from the M.5, which had been rushed into production. The aircraft had an 80 hp 7-cylinder Oberursel UO rotary engine.

The first E.I's were still designated M.5 or M.5K (Kurz, short wing). They were unarmed and intended as reconnaissance aircraft for the German army.

One E-I/M.5 was equipped with a Parabellum 08/14 machine gun as a trial.

With this type the German army switched to the “E” designation or Eindecker.

A-III was another military designation for the M.5.

The E-I was equipped with a Parabellum MG 14 synchronized machine gun.

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Prototype E-I, here still as M.5, with bare fuselage and wings and with a square rudder.
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The prototype, complete.
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The prototype with Anthony Fokker in the cockpit.
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Wn 188. Here's the E-1/M.5 as a scout for the German army. The opening between the wing and fuselage provides good downward visibility. Here too, the familiar "comma" shape of the rudder.
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The E-I/M.5 scout.
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Fokker employee Bernard de Waal in the E-I / M.5.
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Front view of the E-I/M.5.
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Transport of an E-I/M.5 in the well-known Fokker manner, wings along the fuselage, propeller between the landing gear and then behind a truck.
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On the left is Otto Parschau's armed E-I/M.5 with an "A" registration on the fuselage, while Max Immelmann stands on the right with an E-II behind him.
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Fokker EI (M.5K/MG) (Machine Gun/Gun)

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Lieutenant Parschau in the cockpit of this 1-15 registered EI. The wing is mounted low against the fuselage, while other EI aircraft had the leading edge of the wing mounted higher against the fuselage.
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Austro-Hungarian Army EI with registration 03 51.
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War pilot Max Immelmann in the EI.
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German officers for the EI with registration 52-15.
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German war pilot in front of his EI.
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EI above the Fokker factory in Schwerin with the Schweriner See at the rear.
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EI of the German Navy.
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First Lieutenant Hesse in an EI.
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Ernest von Althaus in the cockpit of this EI officially flown by Oswald Boelcke.
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First Lieutenant Hesse in the cockpit, right Fokker designer Martin Kreutzer.
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Max Immelmann during a flight in his EI.
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Max Immelmann in front of his EI.
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EI with wn 198 and registered as 5-15.
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wn 198 registration 5-15 for the Fokker factory in Schwerin.
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Immelmann's 13-15 wn 263 in the German Saxon Army Museum in Dresden, unarmed. This EI was destroyed during the bombing of Dresden during World War II.
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Sergeant Karl Holler in de E-I 58-15 met wn 309.
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The fuselage of the 58-15 wn 309 with damage to the rear of the fuselage.
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