Anthony Fokker
Anton Herman Gerard "Anthony" Fokker (6 April 1890 – 23 December 1939) was a Dutch aviation pioneer and an aircraft manufacturer. He is most famous for the fighter aircraft he produced in Germany during the First World War such as the Eindecker monoplanes, the Fokker Triplane and the Fokker D.VII, but after the collapse of Germany Fokker moved his business to the Netherlands and his company were responsible for a variety of successful aircraft including the Fokker trimotor, a successful passenger aircraft of the inter-war years. He died in North America in 1939.
Read more about Anthony Fokker: Early Life, Anthony Fokker Moves To Germany, Involvement in World War I, The Interrupter Gear, Return To The Netherlands, Move To The US and Death, Popular Culture
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