Fokker E.II

The Fokker E.II was the second variant of the German Fokker Eindecker, a single-seat monoplane fighter of World War I. It was essentially an E.I with the 75 kW Oberursel U.I nine-cylinder rotary engine, a close copy of the French Gnome Monosoupape, in place of the E.I's 60 kW Oberursel U.0. Where the E.I had simply been an M.5K with a machine gun bolted on, the E.II was designed with its weapon system built into the airframe. Its wingspan was reduced to raise speed, but handling and climbing suffered and it was quickly superseded by the E.III. Fokker's production figures state that 49 E.IIs were built, and some airframes were completed as E.IIIs.