Fokker F.I (1917)

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The Fokker F.I (company designation V.5) was a German fighter triplane of World War I.

The Fokker V.5s, three were built, were improved V.4 aircraft which are hard to distinguish from the production Dr.I aircraft. For many decades the V.5 was misidentified as the V.4. The V.5 prototypes were accepted for service as Fokker F.Is. Werner Voss was shot down while flying the F.I sn 13/17, which is usually misidentified as a Dr.I. Manfred von Richthofen flew F.I 103/17 in September 1917 scoring his 60th victory in the plane on the 7th of that month. Von Richthofen then went back to flying his Albatros D.V. Kurt Wolff was shot down in the F.I 102/17 on 15 September 1917. The F.I 101/17 was tested to destruction in August 1918, failing at a load factor of 7.75.