Nieuport 17bis, 24, 24bis, 25 and 27 |
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| A Nieuport 17bis built by the British Nieuport Company, which with some French Nieuport 17bis's only equipped two British naval units. This example lacks the typical roundels under the upper wing and sports a replacement tailskid. |
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| The Nieuport 24 was built at Tokorosawa as the Ko.3 after the end of the war, replacing the SPAD XIII in the Japanese Army Air Force. |
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| The 24bis appeared as a stopgap while problems with the plywood tail on the 24 were ironed out. This RFC example was with 111 squadron stationed in Palestine in early 1918. Note the asymetrical access panels, used from the Nieuport 17 onwards. |
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| When it had become obsolete as a fighter, large numbers of surplus scouts were used as trainers by the French and the United States Air Service (USAS), generally in French markings. This Nieuport 24bis was one of several USAS machines at Issoudun that were repainted in early 1919. |
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| Two Nieuport 25's were built and provided to Nungesser for trials, the aluminum doped N5324 and this example whose number is unknown. The 200 hp Clerget 11E used in these proved unsatisfactory and the type was dropped in favor of the 27, with which it had a lot in common. |
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| Italian Nieuport 27 of Squadriglia 79. This type was built by Nieuport-Macchi under licence late in the war. |
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| French Nieuport 27 with personal markings. |
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| Another Italian Nieuport 27 with personal markings, this time from the 73a Squadriglia while stationed in Macedonia later in the war. Colours are conjectural, based on photo number 73 in Volume 2 of the Nieuport Fighters Datafile Special from Albatros Publications. |
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| American Expeditionary Force Nieuport 27 advanced combat and gunnery trainer at Issoudun training field in 1918. |
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| Post-war Turkish Nieuport 27 with replacement Nieuport 24 undercarriage and missing the starboard wheel covering, no doubt from a ground loop. |
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| Polish Nieuport 24bis in 1925, in civilian colours. SP-ACU was painted across both lower wings, and may have been repeated over the top wings. |
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| A typical silver doped Nieuport 24 or 27. The dope appears to have been sprayed on as the brush marks visible on early silver doped Nieuports are no longer visible. |
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| Later operational Nieuport 24's and 27's were camouflaged. This is one of two patterns used, the second varying primary in having an extra colour on the top wing, and having some of the remaining colours switched around. Unlike the earlier camouflage schemes used, the application of this scheme seems to be very consistant and the actual pattern does not vary much between examples. |
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| Royal Flying Corps (RFC) Nieuports were doped in PC-10, with white outlines on the roundels to make them more visible. The actual colour of PC.10 varies considerably, ranging somewhere between green and brown |
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