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Fokker Scourge (aug 16, 1915 – jan 21, 1916)

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Occurred during the First World War from August 1915 to early 1916, when the Imperial German Flying Corps , equipped with Fokker Eindecker fighters, gained an advantage over the Royal Flying Corps and the French Aéronautique Militaire. The Fokker was the first service aircraft to be fitted with a machine gun synchronised to fire through the arc of the propeller without striking the blades.

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Date:

aug 16, 1915
jan 21, 1916
~ 5 months and 9 days