| Max Immelmann scored his first victory flying the "Eindecker."
Scourge of the air during the winter of 1915, the Fokker E.I was the first aircraft armed
with a synchronized, forward firing machine gun. German pilots were ordered not to fly it
across enemy lines for fear the Allies would capture the secrets of the synchronizing
gear. Followed by the E.II, E.III and E.IV, the Eindecker was underpowered and
slow but could out turn most of its opponents. Allied aviators who faced it called
themselves "Fokker Fodder". The Eindecker ruled the skies
until the Nieuports and SPADs were developed. |
