Fokker E-IV (M.15)

The Fokker E-IV (M.15)

The E-IV was again a heavier version of the E-III and had a 14 cylinder (two rows of seven) Oberursel U III rotary engine that delivered 160 hp.
One E-IV mounted three LMG 08/15 7.92-mm machine guns.
Max Immelmann, among others, flew this machine.

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E-IV wn 374 with registration 124-15 in the snow.
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E-IV 127-15
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Top view of the E-IV clearly showing the openings in the engine cowling for (additional) air cooling.
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Close-up of the prototype of the E-IV, wn 298 and registration 122-15.
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E-IV prototype type wn 298 and registration 122-15, clearly visible from above are the placement of three Spandau machine guns.
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Oswald Boelcke in the cockpit of this E-IV as ground crew swing the propeller.
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Left Hans Joachim Buddecke, right Anthony Fokker at Görries airfield 1916.
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E-IV in de Take-off.
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Oswald Boelcke on the cockpit edge with an asymmetrically placed Spandau.
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Clearly visible is the double row of 14 cylinders of the 160 hp Oberursel U III rotary engine, here in the prototype wn 298 registration 122-15.
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The engineless and damaged 641-15 with wn 478.
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Hans Müller standing in the cockpit of the 161-16 with wn 550.
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Test running of the 174-16 with wn 563.
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A (temporary) shortage of engines for the E-IVs, with the 182-16 with wn 571 in the foreground.
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The 189-16 with wn 578, one of the last built E-IV.
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