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Anthony Fokker

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Anthony Fokker (born Anton Herman Gerard Fokker) was a Dutch airplane designer and businessman. Born in the Dutch East Indies, he moved to Europe and attended school in Germany. In 1910, he built his first aircraft and became a pilot. In 1912, he founded his first aircraft company in Germany. When World War I started, the German government nationalized his company and Fokker designed many military craft, including the famed Fokker triplane used by Manfred von Richthofen. He also developed a way to synchronize the propeller with machine guns. He usually worked at his aircraft factory near Berlin, closely watched at all times.

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Anthony Fokker

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1939-12-23

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1890-04-06

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Anthony Fokker (born Anton Herman Gerard Fokker) was a Dutch airplane designer and businessman. Born in the Dutch East Indies, he moved to Europe and attended school in Germany. In 1910, he built his first aircraft and became a pilot. In 1912, he founded his first aircraft company in Germany. When World War I started, the German government nationalized his company and Fokker designed many military craft, including the famed Fokker triplane used by Manfred von Richthofen. He also developed a way to synchronize the propeller with machine guns. He usually worked at his aircraft factory near Berlin, closely watched at all times. Fokker believed that his projects were the most worthwhile for Germany to pay for: his thought was that the days of zeppelin were over, and believed that small fast bombers would be more efficient against cities than bulky craft. Villehad Forssman (whom he considered a "mad scientist") had the opposite view. He believed that science thrived in the times of war due to the money government's put towards weapons development and in the end humanity as a whole benefited from the advances in technology.