Fokker E-III (M.14)

The Fokker E-III

The E-III was the most important version of the Eindeckers. The first examples arrived on the Western Front in August 1915.
This version had a 100 hp 9-cylinder Oberursel UI rotary engine and was flown by legendary war pilots such as Oswald Boelcke, Max Immelmann, Ernst von Althaus, Hans-Joachim Buddecke, Otto Parschau and Kurt Wintgens.

The E-III reached a speed of 140 Km/h, none of the “E” types had ailerons in the wings, a turn could be made by pulling the wings back in combination with the rudder (wing warping).

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E-III with registration 03.43 for the Austro-Hungarian army.
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E-III with registration 03.47 for the Austro-Hungarian army.
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E-III with registration 96-15 in Turkey.
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E-III wreck 116-15 against the wall of the Fokker factory in Schwerin.
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The E-III 196-16 in France, captured from the Germans.
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It is not clear what the French want to do with the captured 196-16 here.
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The 196-16 is being further examined here by the French.
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The cockpit of the E-III 196-16.
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E-III with registration 401-15.
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E-III with registration 635-15.
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The 636-15 seen from the rear.
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The E-III with registration A 6 of the Austrian Navy.
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Dozens of E-IIIs for the Fokker factory in Schwerin due to a (temporary) shortage of engines.
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Front view of the E-III.
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A classic static test on an E-III using sandbags on the wing.
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Crash of an E-III on Russian soil.
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An E-III captured in France with dozens of French soldiers around it.
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A trio of E-IIIs ready for action.
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Unfortunate landing of this E-III in the snow.
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Anthony Fokker with a sharp haircut in front of an E-III.
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Bare E-III fuselage with the two fuel tanks clearly visible. Left behind the control column is the hand pump, used during flight to transfer fuel from the rear tank to the tank just in front of the engine.
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E-III in the painting of the Turkish army.
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The French even gave this captured E-III its own registration: F 327.
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Three E-IIIs of the German Navy.
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E-III with wn 389 and registration 408-15.
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E-III with wn 402 and registration 420-15.
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E-III production in Schwerin, wn 401 front left, behind it wn 412, front right the 429-15.
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Unfortunate nose position of this German Navy E-III, wn 480, registration LF-196.
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E-III with wn 509 and registration 210-16, still with the German paint scheme.
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E-III with German registration 210-16, but with English roundels, because the English captured this E-III from the Germans.
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The only remaining E-III wn 509 registration 210-16 here in the Science Museum in London, where it has hung from the ceiling of the top floor of the Museum for many years.
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This was what remained of Max Immelmann's E-III 246-16 with wn 545 after a battle over Northern France on 18-06-1916. Max Immelmann was killed by an FE2b reconnaissance aircraft piloted by Lieutenant Savage of the 25th Squadron of the Royal Flying Corps.
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Remains of the E-III with wn 511 and registration 212-16.
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As far as we know, Fokker was the first to apply stealth technology in aviation. This E-III, bearing wn 639 and registration 396-16, was covered in transparent Cellon instead of linen in 1916. This made it less noticeable from the ground during flight.
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The E-III wn 639 with the Cellon-coated fuselage at the Fokker factory in Schwerin.
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