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fokker, anthony herman gerard

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Fok·ker   (fŏk'ər, fô'kər)   
Dutch-born American aircraft designer and manufacturer who revolutionized aerial warfare by synchronizing a front-mounted machine gun to fire through the propeller of a plane (1915).
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