what is it?
The Fokker E.III is 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.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 9.5 m wingspan
base stats
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.
- Wingspan of 9.5 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1916
- introduced
- 1915
- number built
- 249
- role
- fighter
- makers
- Fokker
- engines
- 1× Oberursel U.I / Oberursel Ur.II
- crew
- 1
- passengers
- 1
- length
- 7.2 m
- wingspan
- 9.5 m
- height
- 2.4 m
- max take-off weight
- 610 kg
- top speed
- 140 km/h
- range
- —
- ceiling
- 3,600 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
family
Sources: Wikidata Q602325, Wikipedia: Fokker E.III (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.