LC control no. | sh 85091836 |
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Topical heading | Nieuport 11 (Fighter plane) |
Variant(s) | Bébé (Fighter plane) Nieuport Bébé (Fighter plane) Nieuport-Macchi 11 (Fighter plane) |
See also | Fighter planes Nieuport aircraft |
Found in | Wikipedia, August 6, 2012 (The Nieuport 11 was a French World War I single seat fighter aircraft; Nieuport 11s were supplied to the Aéronautique Militaire, the Royal Naval Air Service, the Dutch air service, Belgium, Russia and Italy; 646 were license produced by the Italian Macchi company) The Aerodrome website, August 6, 2012: Aircraft: France (designed by Gustave Delage in 1914, the small Nieuport 11 biplane was affectionately known as the "Bébé"; used by the British and French to counter the Fokker E.III, the Nieuport 11 was disadvantaged by its lack of a synchronized machine gun; it remained in service on the Western Front until 1916 and in Italy until the summer of 1917) |