The german war pilots achieved many successes during aerial combat with a fokker eindecker, partly because the aircraft were extremely manoeuvrable. Our collection of prints and original paintings of the fokker aircraft of world war one. Thomsen to professor johannes werner for the preparation of the book knight of germany. Fokker had developed what was, in effect, a flying gun the first efficient fighter aeroplane. The eindecker was based on fokkers unarmed fokker m. It entered service on the western front in december.
The fokker eindecker page contains all related products, articles, books, walkarounds and plastic scale modeling projects dedicated this aircraft. Boelcke achieved 19 of his 40 kills in an eindecker while immelmann famous for the immelmann turn manoeuvre achieved 15 confirmed victories in eindeckers. Scourge of the air during the winter of 1915, the fokker e. Iv, the eindecker was underpowered and slow, but could outturn most of its opponents.
The book is a windsock datafile published by albatros productions the official albatros productions website, home of the worlds largest range of aeroplane books and journals for modellers and enthusiasts. First lieutenant max immelmann 1890 1916 a signed photograph, of his fokker e iv 12715 and two picture postcards with immelmann s autographs. He is most famous for the fighter aircraft he produced in germany during the first world war such as the eindecker monoplanes, the dr. The legendary fokker eindecker, armed with a machine gun synchronized to fire through the propeller, made its 1st kill on the 1 st day of august 1915.
Max immelmann 21 september 1890 18 june 1916 plm was the first german world war i. Steamgeezer and son independent traders 194,854 views. Two very early examples of the fokker eindecker fighters were delivered to the unit, one fokker. How to make a realistic water splash effect diorama lancia stratos 1977 safari rally diorama duration. Here, max immelmann is depicted executing the aerial maneuver that took his name. The eindecker ruled the skies until the nieuports and spads were developed. This is from the the fokker eindecker in action squadron signal puplication 158. The legendary fokker eindecker, armed with a machine gun which was synchronized to fire through the propeller, made its first official kill on the august 1, 1915. The british press coined the term fokker scourge to describe the fokker eindecker as a new menace that was increasing casualties. Iii was the definitive version of the eindecker, with larger, newly designed wings than the original fokker and was piloted by aces as max immelmann, hansjoachim buddecke and. With the development of its revolutionary synchronised system that enabled the machine gun to fire through the propellor, fokker e i pilots caused consternation in the allied air services as they began to reap a harvest of. The book gives a nice little biography of anthony fokker, a son of a successful businessman, and a drop out of college.
The fokker eindecker monoplane can truly be said to have begun the age of fighter. Sleek, sophisticated ww ii fighters usually get more props than earlier era warbirds, but this 40percentscale fokker e. You asked for a piture of a max immelmann flown fokker eiii. The legendary fokker eindecker, armed with a machine gun synchronized to fire through the propeller, made its 1st official kill on the 1st day of august 1915.
I was the first fighter aircraft to enter service with the fliegertruppe of the deutsches heer in world war i. Now a pilot had only to point his machine in the direction of his enemy to threaten him. On the lower edge in purple indelible pencil the note my new fokker best, max. Aces max immelmann and oswald boelcke were the first airmen to receive the award, on january 12, 1916. The fokker eindecker monoplane can truly be said to have begun the age of fighter aviation. Iii 21016 in flight at upavon, wiltshire profile view of a eindecker. Tony fokker is said to have invented the shoot through the prop machine gun and this sweet little airplane became the first killer fighter.
Immelmann, along with oswald boelcke and other pilots, was one of the main exponents of the fokker eindecker, resulting in the fokker scourge which inflicted heavy loses upon british. We believe that josef scotts windsock datafile fokker eindecker compendium 2 published in 2012 is currently the most reliable reference book covering these. Iv on 31 may 1916 but was able to land in a field near courtai, france, without injury. Parschau, wintgens, boelcke and immelmann all received the blue max award while flying fokker eindeckers. The eindecker, piloted by top scoring german aces such as max immelmann and oswald boelcke, made short work of the b. Browse the amazon editors picks for the best books of 2019, featuring our. Immelmann will forever be associated with the fokker eindecker, germanys first fighter aircraft, and the first such aircraft to be armed with a machine gun synchronised to fire forward, through the propeller arc. Near the top of the climb, the pilot gives the plane a lot of rudder to turn around and dive for another attack. The legendary fokker eindecker, armed with a machine gun synchronized to fire through the propeller, made its 1st official kill on the 1 st day of august 1915. As a leader of germanys deadly fokker scourge, max immelmann almost singlehandedly took on britains royal flying corps. Allied aviators who faced it called themselves fokker fodder. On august 1, 1915, lieutenant max immelmann achieved his first air victory with a fokker ei m.
This airplane has been also used by the austrohungary empire and turkey during world war one. Indeed, when immelmann himself was killed in an eindecker on 12 january 1916, many questions were raised about the fokker eindecker s effectiveness. The fokker eindecker was a german monoplane fighter aircraft of the. Anton herman gerard anthony fokker 6 april 1890 23 december 1939 was a dutch aviation pioneer and aircraft manufacturer. Aeronaut books the blue max airmen, volume 1 authors.
Pilots such as max immelmann and oswald boelke developed the first operational tactics for fighter missions primarily on the fokker e. Founder of the aerial combat maneuver that still bears his name, immelmann was credited with 15 victories, his final one coming on 30 march 1916. Even the special threegun fokker e iv furnished to max immelmann did not regain that advantage. Boelcke made his reputation in the fokker eindecker. The fokker eindecker page contains all related products, articles, books, walkarounds and plastic scale modeling projects dedicated to this aircraft. Significant as the technical advantage of the new fighter was, the psychological effect of its.
World heritage encyclopedia, the aggregation of the largest online encyclopedias available, and the most. Max immelmann did a looproll in one and the immelmann turn was invented. Max immelmann had opened his score some three weeks earlier by wounding the pilot of a. Made famous by none other than max immelmann himself, the eindecker had wing warping instead of ailerons, and the model demonstrates just how well they worked. Or that the wing and pylon rigging turnbuckles were colorcoded. The fokker eindecker fighters were a series of german world war i monoplane singleseat fighter aircraft designed by dutch engineer anthony fokker. The fokker eindecker fighters were a series of german world war i monoplane singleseat. Developed in april 1915, the first eindecker monoplane was the first purposebuilt german fighter aircraft and the first aircraft to be fitted. As usual the squadron signal book, although full of photos, the authors dont know their subject like. Ii this image was created as cover art for a book entitled fokker eindecker compendium written by josef scott. Building the airfix 172 scale douglas c47 skytrain for a military heritage display duration.
Rb productions 2 fokker eindecker wing conversion set for wingnut wings fokkers e. Max immelmann was born in dresden, the son of a paper board container. Iii was the main variant of the eindecker monoplane fighter aircraft of world war i. Aeronaut books the blue max airmen, volume 2 authors. Max immelmann scored his first victory flying the eindecker. He was a pioneer in fighter aviation and is often mistakenly credited with the first aerial victory using a synchronized gun, which was actually performed on 15 july 1915 by german ace kurt wintgens. The fokker with double mg on a field in front of a hangar with immelmann in the cockpit 8. Fokker eindecker flown by anthony fokker and otto parschau. Fokker developed a new aeroplane, the eindecker e1 monoplane, on which to mount the new weapon system. The fokker scourge also sometimes called the fokker scare was the period during which the fokker eindecker monoplane fighter aircraft of the imperial german fliegertruppen, with their synchronised machinegun armament, exerted an ascendency over the poorly armed allied aircraft then in service. Its arrival at the front in mid1915 marked the start of a period known as the fokker scourge during which the e. I german ace max immelmann in the cockpit of a fokker e. First world war aviation art prints of the fokker aircraft.
Max immelmann project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. Pm me if you want additional detail, i am not sure what i can post here. Went together really well except for he problems i had with the aluminium paint. Max immelmann had the secondhighest eindecker score. Immelmann will forever be associated with the fokker eindecker, germanys first. Iii which in turn was based on the design of the french moranesaulnier h shoulderwing monoplane, although it differed in using chromemolybdenum steel tubing for the fuselage structure instead of wood.
I also didnt know that max immelmann shot off the ends of his propellor while flying an eindecker e. Fokker eiii, 24616, max immelmann, kek douai, june 1916, knights of the skies. The original wwi maneuver probably was developed by max immelmann in a fokker eindecker. He and max immelmann were the first german fighter pilots awarded the pour le merite. The buildup of the eindecker fighter force rapidly progressed with regular lmg 08 spandauarmed production examples of the fokker e. That maneuver, also called a rentournment, involves a dive during an attack, for example followed by a steep climb. Early german aces of world war i aircraft of the aces vanwyngarden, greg, dempsey, harry on.