Fokker E.III

Fokker E.III
Fokker E.III taking off
General information
TypeFighter
ManufacturerFokker-Flugzeugwerke
Designer
Primary user Luftstreitkräfte
Number built249
History
Manufactured1915-1916
Introduction dateDecember 1915
First flight1915
VariantsFokker E.I - Fokker E.II
Captured E.III 210/16 in flight at Upavon, Wiltshire, in 1916.

The Fokker E.III was the main variant of the Eindecker (literally meaning "one wing") fighter aircraft of World War I. It entered service on the Western Front in December 1915 and was also supplied to Austria-Hungary and Turkey.