Fokker Dr.I facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Fokker Dr.I |
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| Role | Fighter |
| Manufacturer | Fokker-Flugzeugwerke |
| Designer | Reinhold Platz |
| First flight | July 5, 1917 |
| Primary user |  Luftstreitkräfte |
| Number built | 320 |
| Developed from | Fokker V.4 Fokker F.I |
| Variants | Fokker V.7 |
The Fokker Dr.I was a World War I fighter airplane. It was designed by Reinhold Platz and built by Fokker-Flugzeugwerke.
The Dr.I was used only in small numbers and it had many problems. It is well known as the plane flown by the "Red Baron", Manfred von Richthofen.
Images for kids
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Fokker V.4 prototype
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Jasta 12 flightline at Toulis, France
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Triplanes of Jasta 26 at Erchin, France
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Manfred von Richthofen's red Dr.I, serial 425/17
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Heinrich Gontermann's wrecked Dr.I
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One of Richthofen's Fokker Dr.Is, on display at the Zeughaus
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Dr.I replica at Filton Aerodrome, United Kingdom
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Bitz built Fokker Dr.1 replica EI-APW Lynn Garrison collection, Ireland
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Replica of Richthofen's Dr.I at the Berlin Air Show in 2006
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Official Baubeschreibung drawing
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See also
In Spanish: Fokker Dr.I para niños
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