Fokker Dr.I
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The Fokker Dr.I, often known simply as the Fokker Triplane, was a World War I fighter aircraft built by Fokker-Flugzeugwerke. The Dr.I saw widespread service in the spring of 1918. It became famous as
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Josef Jacobs
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Josef Carl Peter Jacobs PlM was a German flying ace with 48 victories during the First World War. The victory total of the prewar flier tied him with Werner Voss for fourth place among the war's Germa
Fokker Dr.I
…in September 1917), and in which he was killed on 21 April 1918. The Fokker Dr.I was flown with great success by many other German aces, most notably Josef Jacobs, with 30 confirmed kills in the type. In February 1917, the Sopwith Triplane began to appear over the Western Front. Despite its single Vickers machine…
Josef Jacobs
Fokker Triplane flown by Jacobs. On this plane, his insignia of a winged demon is on a black fuselage.