For the airliner, see Fokker F.I (airliner)

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

World War I

World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...

. It was an improved version of the V.4

Fokker V.4

The Fokker V.4 was a prototype German fighter aircraft of World War I. Inspired by the successful Sopwith Triplane, Anthony Fokker chose to create a triplane fighter. Reinhold Platz was responsible for the design. The V.4 looked very much like the later Dr.I, but is easily recognized by the lack of...

 prototype triplane. For many decades, the V.5 was misidentified as the V.4.

Idflieg

Idflieg

The Idflieg was the bureau of the German War Office that oversaw German military aviation prior to and during World War I....

designated the first three V.5 aircraft F.I, but all subsequent triplanes were designated Dr.I

Fokker Dr.I

The Fokker Dr.I Dreidecker was a World War I fighter aircraft built by Fokker-Flugzeugwerke. The Dr.I saw widespread service in the spring of 1918...

. Werner Voss

Werner Voss

Werner Voss was a World War I German flying ace, a friend and rival of the famous Red Baron, Manfred von Richthofen....

 was shot down while flying F.I 103/17. Manfred von Richthofen

Manfred von Richthofen

Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen , also widely known as the Red Baron, was a German fighter pilot with the Imperial German Army Air Service during World War I...

 flew F.I 102/17 in September 1917, scoring his 60th victory in the aircraft on the 7th of that month. Von Richthofen then went back to flying his Albatros D.V

Albatros D.V

|-See also:-Bibliography:*Bennett, Leon. Gunning for the Red Baron. College Station, TX: Texas A&M University Press, 2006. ISBN 1-58544-507-X....

. Kurt Wolff

Kurt Wolff (aviator)

Oberleutnant Kurt Wolff was one of Imperial Germany's highest scoring fighter aces during World War I. After achieving 33 confirmed victories, he was killed in action at the age of 22.-Early life:...

 was shot down in F.I 102/17 on 15 September 1917. F.I 101/17 was tested to destruction in August 1918, failing at a load factor of 7.75.