Fokker D.I (English)

D.I

Fokker D.I

The Fokker D.I was a fighter aircraft from the First World War.
Contrary to what the name suggests, the D.I (M.18ZF M.18ZK) was the successor to the D.II (M.17ZF M.17ZK).
Both Fokkers entered the service of the German army at the same time, which received the first ninety aircraft around July / August 1916.
Another sixteen D.Is went to the Austro-Hungarian army.
The D.I had ailerons in the wing or the wing warping system.
The D.I had one Spandau LMG.08 / 15 machine gun and was equipped with a 6-cylinder 120 hp Mercedes D II inline engine.
The D.I would serve as the basis for the D.III and the D.IV
The D.I is built under license by MAG, Magyar Általános Gépgyár, (General Hungarian Machine Factory) in Hungary, including for the German-Austrian Army.

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wn 501 Prototype, here still with square rudder, the top wing is equipped with ailerons.
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wn 501 Prototype in the air, where the protruding ailerons in the upper wing are clearly visible.
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The 210/16 crashed, with the pilot fortunately surviving, D.I version without ailerons.
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This D.I is also a version with ailerons.
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The well-known Fokker transport method also applied to the D.I. Wings next to the fuselage and transported behind a truck.
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Rear view of the D.I.
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Anthony Fokker, with flying hood, explains to the German army authorities how the firing of the synchronized machine gun works.
It shoots through the propeller circle.
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Anthony Fokker left and right Hans Joachim Buddecke for a D.I
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The six-cylinder 120 hp Mercedes engine of the DI, the fuel tank is located behind the seat of the pilot.
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April 1916, 13 D.I hulls in a row in the Fokker factory in Schwerin, in which most of the engines are already mounted.
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This LF 220 registered German Marine D.I, without ailerons in the wing, has a vertical stabilizer in front of the rudder, this would later be mounted on several D.Is.
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The Prototype with wn 501 went to the German-Austrian army as 04.11.
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The 04.11 wn 501 of the German-Austrian army is brought to its starting place.
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Anthony Fokker in front of the Prototype of the D.I with wn 501.
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wn 501 DI Prototype.
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Wn 670 the 140/16 without ailerons in the wing.
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Martin Kreutzer, the designer of the D.I, in front of the 140/16 with wn 670.
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The 141/16 wn 671 with ailerons in the wing.
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The 159/16 with wn 711.
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Side view of this unregistered DI with wn 782.
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The 208/16 of the “Beobachter Schule Cöln” as can be read in an abbreviation on the back of the hull, the scout school in Cologne.
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The 216/16 wn 861 with vertical stabilizer.
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The 04.15 of the German-Austrian army on 17-01-1917, this D.I is built under license by MAG in Hungary.

To paint a picture of what the pilots had to endure in addition to the misery of the war:
Suppose it was freezing 10 degrees centigrade here on the ground. The temperature drops by about 1 degree centigrade per 100 m height. So at 2,500 m, the temperature was around minus 35 degrees centigrade. The "wind chill" due to the aircraft's wind force made it feel like minus 50 to minus 60 centigrade for the pilots.
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The 04.22 of the German-Austrian army, this DI is built under license from MAG in Hungary.
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The 04.22 of the German-Austrian army, this D.I is built under license from MAG in Hungary.
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The 190/16
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