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| Early Nieuport 17 flown by Charles Nungessser, in the colours used before silver dope, and fitted with a cône de pénétration. Markings were in four positions under upper and lower wings. |
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| Early Nieuport 17 with 60 Squadron RFC which was captured in May 1917. It is fitted with a Nieuport 16 cowling and had been fitted for rockets. |
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| The same Nieuport after being repainted at Fliegerabteilung 7 (hence the 7) where it was flown by Unteroffizier Bäumer. |
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| Another captured Nieuport, this one being from N.48, with the outer blue ring of the escadrille's insignia overpainted in silver. |
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| Later Nieuport 17 with both personal markings and the N.76 squadron pennant. The colour of the darker band is conjectoral and could have been green or purple. |
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| The French-built Nieuport 17 flown by Baracca, the highest scoring Italian ace of WW1. |
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| This is one of the first Italian Nieuport 17's, imported from France and it carries the skull insignia of Fulco Ruffo di Calabria, one of the top Italian aces. When Baracca died, he commanded the 10th Gruppo. On an unrelated note his granddaughter Paola became Queen of Belgium in 1993. |
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| Nieuport 17 built under licence by Nieuport-Macchi in a non-standard scheme, but with the standard Nieuport-Macchi serial presentation shown enlarged for clarity. |
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| Operational French Nieuport 21 stationed near Jassy in Roumania, with a non-standard rudder that had must have been repainted. |
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| Late production Nieuport 21, one of thousands built as trainers and used extensively by the French and Americans. Detail shows serial presentation on starboard side. With this style of rudder markings N was painted only on the port side. |
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| Portugese Nieuport 21 E.1 at Escola de Aeronautica Militar, in Sintra during 1920. Detail shows the Coat of Arms as used on the national flag and repeated here on the tail. National markings consisted of the "cruz de Cristo" on a white circle repeated in the standard 6 Nieuport positions. |
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| Nieuport 21 E.1 being used as an advanced trainer by the American Expeditionary Force in France. These were flown alongside 17's, 23's, 24's, and 27's in large numbers and most American aviators went through these schools at some point before going to the front. These machines can be identified by the large identification numbers which quickly went into triple digits. |
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| W.A. Bishop's Nieuport 23 shortly after his airfield raid and lacking the C+5 fuselage codes that it normally carried. Slightly longer undercarriage and the surviving propellor suggest this was a Nieuport 23 rather than a 17. |
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| One of two Nieuport 17's captured in 1918 by Turkey. Details of this scheme are based on a very poor photograph and are somewhat conjectural. |
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| One of 5 Swiss Nieuport 23's bought in 1917 from France and used until 1923 when the Nieuport 28's were delivered. |
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| After the disaster with the Trompenberg copies of the Nieuport 11, Holland purchased Nieuport 21's and 23's as trainers, however like this Nieuport 23 shows, some were armed. The R:120 in the serial indicates the it has a 120 hp LeRhône. These were delivered June 1918 in French markings but with Dutch serials on the fuselage. |
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| Nieuport 23 3598 of the Ukrainian National Republic in 1919. |
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| The same Nieuport 23 in interim Czech markings before being completely repainted. It carried roundels under the lower wings and over the top wing, omitting the roundels that it carried under the top wings while in Ukrainian colours. |
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| The same Nieuport again, this time carrying the final form of the Czech insignia, which was again omitted from under the top wing. |
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| Nieuport 17 of the 1st Kuban (Cossack)(Air Division near Tsaritsyn late in 1919 where it operated alongside 'C' Flight of 47 Squadron RAF. This machine lacked overwing roundels. |
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| Post-war Brazilian Nieuport, one of many that went to non-European countries after the war. Markings were in standard Nieuport locations in six positions, under each wing and over the top wings. |
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| Finnish Nieuport 17 that had defected from Russia after the Revolution. Blue crosses replaced the Russian roundels in 14 locations, including above and below the elevators as shown. |
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| At the conclusion of the Russian civil war, over half of all Soviet aircraft were Nieuports of various types, and this example had been kept aside for future preservation, though it has not resurfaced yet. |
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| Post-war Polish Nieuport 17, probably used at a training unit. |
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