Who used the first fighter plane?

Answer 1

At the beginning of WW1, planes were first starting to be used by the military of all sides. Popular imagination saw the aeroplane being used as a bomber (HG Wells 'The Shape of Things to Come' was written before the Wright brothers first flight but predicted cities flattened by aerial bombardment). The poor performance of early aircraft meant that bomb loads were small and at the outbreak of WWI the only practical use was an observation platform especially for artillery spotting. It was noted that artillery fire became much more accurate and effective when aeroplanes were used to spot. It became important therefore to send up other aircraft to remove them. Thus the first 'fighters' were born. At first, these aircraft were similar observation aircraft but pilots would use pistols, rifles grenades and machine guns with varying effects even grappling hooks were tried. The French Morane-Saulnier monoplane, armed with forward firing machine guns through the propeller (protected by Armour plates) was introduced in April 1915. This innovation made the scouting aircraft a more effective fighter.

However, probably the first true fighter (i.e. designed only to shoot down other aircraft) was the German Fokker E1monoplane with synchronized forward firing machine guns (the guns did not fire when the propeller was in front of the muzzle). This was introduced later that summer. The British adapted the De Havilland DH2 and the Royal Aircraft Factory FE2 with some success later still. The British designs used a "pusher engine" which meant the engine and propeller was at the back of the aircraft. This allowed the pilot or a 2nd gunner to fire a machine gun forward without being obstructed by the propel.They made the fighter plane to fight the Germans on World War 1.

Answer 2

I believe it was during WW1 Yes . Aeroplanes were used to observe the enemy in WW1. Then they started to try to shoot at each other and then be able to attack ground forces with machine guns & then bombs.

Answer 3

When the United States Air Force was formed on September 18, 1947 it was already flying numerous types of aircraft that were flown during the Second World War. The Predecessor of the US Air Force was the United States Army Air Forces, and prior to that, the United States Army Air Corps.

The Aeronautical Division of the US Army, the earliest ancestor of the US Air Force, was formed in 1907 with three uniformed personnel. Their first airplane was a "Model 1905" Wright Flyer, an updated model of the Wright Brothers original powered flying machine. The airplane was delivered in August 1909 and was used for observation. Thus the first US military airplane was a reconnaissance airplane. But it crashed three months later, essentially eliminating the entire US Air Power.

Answer 4

The first aircraft actually designed to shoot other aircraft down was Germany's Fokker Eindekker, around 1915. The British and French were also working on such projects that soon came to fruition.

Answer 5

The first true fighter plane was the Fokker D. II designed by Dutch aircraft designer Antonne Fokker. He designed it well working for Germany.

Answer 6

the worlds first fighter plane to enter production was the Vickers F.B.5.

Answer 7

The first combat aircraft were used in World War 1 over the battlefields of northern France and Belgium.

Answer 8

Antoine Fokker, invented the Fokker E1