Fokker D.V

what is it?

The Fokker D.V (Fokker designation M.22) was a biplane fighter designed by the Fokker Aircraft Company (Fokker-Flugzeugwerke) during the First World War for the Imperial German Army's (Deutsches Heer) Imperial German Air Service (Luftstreitkräfte) and the Imperial German Navy's (Kaiserliche Marine) Naval Air Service (Marine-Fliegerabteilung). Developed from the Fokker D.II, the aircraft was designed as a fighter trainer in 1916, although it also saw service in the fighter role in rear areas.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · biplane · 8.8 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 170 km/htop speed
• range 240 kmwithout refuelling
• size 566 kgmax take-off weight
• built 300made in total

Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).

fun facts

• 🎂First flew 110 years ago, in 1916.

piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.

spec sheet

first flight

1916-10

introduced

1917

number built

300

role

fighter

origin

German Empire

makers

Fokker

engines

1× Oberursel U.I rotary / Oberursel U.I

length

6.1 m

wingspan

8.8 m

height

2.3 m

max take-off weight

566 kg

top speed

170 km/h

range

240 km

ceiling

3,900 m

wings

biplane

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.