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Difficult to know who did what on the synchronized forward firing system, but here in France, I ofently hear that R Garros and Morane Saulnier did the first system which Fokker improved in April 1915. If somebody has more informations, please share ;o)

R Garros used metal plates on the back side of his propeller blades so the bullets that would hit the prop would be deflected by the metal plates so it was not a true synchronized forward firing system, it was when he had to land behind the lines that the Germans got hold of his plane and turned it over to Fokker, it was Fokker that came up with the interrupter cam that was put onto the shaft of the motor that stopped the bullet firing from the guns when the prop would pass in front of the guns this being the first and true synchronized forward firing system.

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