Nieuport 11
1916 fighter aircraft by Nieuport
The Nieuport 11 is a French single-engine biplane fighter aircraft used during World War I that allowed France to defeat the German Fokker Eindeckers. It sometimes called "Bébé" (the French word for baby) due to its small size. A more powerful version, the Nieuport 16 was also built, leading to a series of fighters that served into the 1920s.
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Role | Fighter |
Manufacturer | Nieuport |
Designer | Gustave Delage |
Introduction | 5 January 1916 |
Retired | Summer of 1917 |
Status | Used as a trainer until the end of the First World War[1] |
Primary users | Aéronautique Militaire Corpo Aeronautico Militare (Italy), Imperial Russian Air Service |
Variants | Nieuport 16 and 17 |
Sources
change- ↑ Angelucci 1983, p. 53.