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Siemens-Schuckert - D.I - 1916 - Германия
Nieuport - Nieuport-17bis/24/27 - 1917 - Франция

В.Кондратьев Самолеты первой мировой войны

Nieuport 17/21/23

   Дальнейшее развитие типа "Ньюпора-16". Самолет с тем же мотором, но с несколько увеличенными геометрическими размерами, усиленной конструкцией планера и улучшенной аэродинамикой. Основные внешние отличия - круглый, замкнутый снизу капот (вместо подковообразного) и более плавные переходы от капота к плоским бортам фюзеляжа, вместо треугольных алюминиевых накладок, характерных для ранних "ньюпоров". Некотрые экземпляры комплектовались большим округлым коком винта, но в частях его обычно снимали.
   Вооружение - один синхронный "Виккерс", который иногда дополняли несинхронным "Льюисом" над верхним крылом. В редких случаях "по-старинке" ограничивались только одним надкрыльевым "Льюисом" (вероятно, из- за нехватки "виккерсов" или синхронизаторов к ним).
   Машина строилась массовыми сериями. Во Франции выпущено не менее 2000 экземпляров, из которых более полутора тысяч поступили на вооружение французских эскадрилий, а остальные передали британцам или отправили в Россию.
   Одновременно с "Ньюпором-17" во Франции и России строили "Ньюпор-21" с двигателем "Рон" в 80 л .с. и открытым снизу капотом "раннего" типа. Из-за относительно слабого мотора на Западе эту машину, как правило, применяли в качестве учебной, но в России она нередко встречалась и в боевых частях.
   Очередной версией популярного французского истребителя стал "Ньюпор-23", появившийся в июне 1916 года. Он оснащался двигателем "Рон" 9Je мощностью в 120 л.с. Единственным внешним отличием "23-го" французской постройки от "17-го" был пулемет "Виккерс", смещенный вправо от продольной оси фюзеляжа, что объяснялось особенностями работы синхронизатора. "Ньюпор-23" выпускался также в России, причем русские машины этой модификации имели удлиненную на 0,6 м. хвостовую часть фюзеляжа для сохранения центровки при установке более тяжелого мотора. Кроме того, на них ставили элероны, имевшие равную ширину по всему размаху.
   Московский завод "Дукс" в 1916-17 годах построил свыше 500 "ньюпоров-17", -21 и -23, еще более 200 сделано на других российских авиазаводах, в том числе порядка 50 - на РБВЗ. 150 экземпляров машины вышло из цехов завода итальянской фирмы "Ньюпор-Макки".
   Первые "ньюпоры-17" поступили на вооружение французской эскадрильи №57 2 мая 1916 года. В дальнейшем на эти машины перевооружили еще более 20 французских истребительных эскадрилий, а также восемь дивизионов RNAS и пять дивизионов RFC, воевавших на западном фронте. Кроме того, самолет активно применялся на восточном фронте, в Италии, Палестине, Македонии и Месопотамии. На "ньюпорах-17" в 1916 году летала американская добровольческая эскадрилья "Лафайет", воевавшая в составе французских ВВС на западном фронте, а также несколько бельгийских, румынских и греческих эскадрилий. 20 машин закупили голландцы.
   "Ньюпоры-17" и -23 ни в чем, кроме, огневой мощи, не уступали своим основным оппонентам - немецким истребителям "Альбатрос" и "Хальберштадт". С середины 1916-го и до начала следующего года они составляли основу французской истребительной авиации. В России эти машины использовались вплоть до выхода страны из Первой мировой войны, а затем - на фронтах гражданской и польско-советской войн.
   Высокие качества машины по достоинству оценили не только союзники Франции, но и ее враги. С ноября 1916 года по июль 1917-го в Германии на фирме "Сименс-Шуккерт" под индексом SSW D.I серийно выпускалась копия трофейного "Ньюпора-17". Всего построено около 100 таких истребителей, оснащенных ротативными моторами "Оберурсель" и применявшихся, в основном, на восточном фронте.

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А.Шепс Самолеты Первой мировой войны. Страны Антанты

"Ньюпор-17 "Бебе” 1916 г.

   К началу 1916 года летные данные истребителя "Ньюпор-11" перестали удовлетворять военных. Новые немецкие истребители превосходили его и в скорости, и в вооружении. Фирма приступила к модернизации. Следующей машиной стал "Ньюпор-15" с двигателем "Гном-Моносупап" (100 л. с.) и синхронным пулеметом "Виккерс". Летные данные улучшились. Следующим стал истребитель "Ньюпор-16" с 9-цилиндровым двигателем "Рон" мощностью 110 л. с. Капот открытый снизу, прямоугольные щеки отсутствуют. После внесения изменений и улучшений машина была запущена в серию под обозначением "Ньюпор-17". Конструктивно новая машина повторяла в основном "Ньюпор-11". Изменения коснулись в основном усиления узлов крепления крыльев. На двигателе установили новый капот, полностью его закрывавший. За головой пилота на гаргроте установили заголовник. Вооружение - 1 синхронный пулемет "Виккерс" 7,69-мм. Незначительно увеличились размах и площадь верхнего крыла. Кроме французских фирм, самолет серийно выпускала итальянская фирма "Макки".
   В России по лицензии "Ньюпор-17" выпускали АО "Дукс", завод Щетинина и Русско-Балтийский вагонный завод. В Германии удачная машина была скопирована и выпускалась под обозначениями "Сименс-Шукерт I" (около 100 самолетов) и "Эйлер I" (несколько десятков).
   Развитием "Бебе-17" стал самолет с более мощным двигателем "Рон" (120 л. с.) - "Ньюпор-18 C1".

"Ньюпор-21" 1916 г.

   Облегченный вариант "Ньюпор-17". Уменьшение веса производилось даже в ущерб прочности для достижения максимальной скорости при двигателе "Рон" (80 л. с.). Машина имела открытый снизу капот. Сечение стрингеров и лонжеронов уменьшено.
   Благодаря удачному соотношению массы, площади крыльев и мощности двигателя самолет был очень маневренным и легко управляемым и пользовался популярностью у летчиков. На этой машине К. К. Арцеулов выполнил преднамеренный ввод самолета в штопор и вывел самолет из него. Но все же недостаточная прочность не позволяла выполнять энергичное маневрирование без риска разрушения крыла. Поэтому с середины 1917 года самолет применялся как тренировочный.

"Ньюпор-23 "Бебе” 1917 г.

   Развитием "Ньюпор-17" стали новые самолеты "Ньюпор-23". Внешне самолет не отличался от предшественника. Только для повышения эффективности рулей фюзеляж был удлинен на 0,6 м. Элероны были уже, чем у "Ньюпора-17". Машина, обладавшая неплохими летными качествами, быстро сменила "Бебе-17" в серийном производстве. В России этот самолет выпускался по лицензии на заводе "Дукс" и составлял большую часть "Ньюпоров", выпущенных этим заводом.
   Машины широко использовались в Гражданской войне обеими воюющими сторонами. В РККА состоял на вооружении до 1923 года. Некоторое количество машин попало и в польские ВВС.

ЛЕТНО-ТЕХНИЧЕСКИЕ ХАРАКТЕРИСТИКИ

   Ньюпор-17 "Ньюпор-21"
   1916г. 1916г.
   Размах, м 8,16/7,8 8,16/7,76
   Длина, м 5,8 5,8
   Высота, м 2,4 2,4
   Площадь крыла, кв.м 14,75 14,75
   Сухой вес, кг 375 370
   Взлетный вес, кг 560 545
   Двигатель: "Рон" "Рон"
   мощность, л. с. 110 80
   Скорость максимальная, км/ч 165 150
   Скорость подъема на высоту
   2000 м, мин.сек 6,50 8,7
   Дальность полета, км 320 150
   Потолок, м 5300 5250
   Экипаж, чел. 1 1
   Вооружение 1 пулемет 1 пулемет


   Показатель "Ньюпор-23" 1917г.
   Размеры, м:
   длина 6,4
   размах крыльев 8,03/7,76
   высота 2,4
   Площадь крыла, м2 14,7
   Вес, кг:
   максимальный взлетный 547
   пустого 355
   Двигатель: "Рон" 9Je
   мощность, л. с. 120
   Скорость, км/ч 168
   Дальность полета, км 300
   Потолок, м 6500
   Экипаж, чел. 1
   Вооружение 1 пулемет

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В.Шавров История конструкций самолетов в СССР до 1938 г.

"Ньюпор-XVII" ( "Ньюпор-17" , "Бебе-17") - одноместный истребитель с двигателем "Рон" в 110 л. с. (с чугунными поршнями) - появился в России во второй половине 1916 г., несколько позже чем "Ньюпор-XXI" с двигателем "Рон" в 80 л. с. и имел совершенно одинаковые с ним контуры и размеры крыльев, фюзеляжа и оперения, отличаясь только силовой установкой и более прочной конструкцией крыльев. Поэтому в инструкции было оригинальное указание - не смешивать его крылья с крыльями "Ньюпора-XXI" во избежание катастрофы.

   Вооружение: один пулемет "Виккерс", реже - "Льюис", над центропланом без синхронизатора или же над двигателем с синхронным приводом впервые в России (лето 1916 г.). Иногда ставили два пулемета - с синхронизатором и без него.

   Был вариант самолета с двигателем "Клерже" в 130 л. с. - "Ньюпор-XVII бис", серийно не строившийся.

   "Ньюпор-XVIII" ("Ньюпор-18") - тот же самолет типа XVII, но с двигателем "Рон" в 120 л. с. (с алюминиевыми поршнями). Встречался часто.

Самолет||"Ньюпор-XVII"/"Ньюпор-XVIII"
Год выпуска||1916/1916
Двигатель, марка||"Рон"/"Рон"
   мощность, л.с.||110/120
Длина самолета, м||5,8/5,8
Размах крыла, м||8,02(8,76)/7,02(7,76)
Площадь крыла, м2||14,7/14,7
Масса пустого, кг||375/390
Масса топлива+ масла, кг||65/65
Масса полной нагрузки, кг||185/185
Полетная масса, кг||560/575
Удельная нагрузка на крыло, кг/м2||38/39
Удельная нагрузка на мощность, кг/лс||5,1/4,8
Весовая отдача,%||33/32
Скорость максимальная у земли, км/ч||164/166
Время набора высоты||
   1000 м, мин||3,2/2,8
   2000 м, мин||6,8/6
   3000 м, мин||11,5/10,5
   4000 м, мин||19,5/17,5
   5000 м, мин||35/28
Потолок практический, м||5300/5700
Продолжительность полета, ч.||2/1,7

"Ньюпор-XXI" ("Ньюпор-21" , "Бебе-21"). Отличался от самолетов типа XVII открытым снизу капотом на двигателе "Рон" в 80 л. с. и несколько меньшими сечениями лонжеронов крыльев. Появился в России раньше, чем тип XVII, - в первой половине 1916 г. По свидетельствам многих летчиков, самолет "Ньюпор-XXI" был особенно приятен в полете из-за удачного соотношения мощности, массы и площади крыльев. На нем К. К. Арцеулов выполнил впервые в России преднамеренный штопор в конце 1916 г. Самолет применялся в первой мировой войне как истребитель и как тренировочный, а в гражданской войне и после нее только как тренировочный. Вооружение: один пулемет с синхронным приводом или же без него - над центропланом.

Самолет||"Ньюпор-XXI"
Год выпуска||1916
Двигатель, марка||"Рон"
   мощность, л.с.||80
Длина самолета, м||5,8
Размах крыла, м||8,02(7,76)
Площадь крыла, м2||14,7
Масса пустого, кг||370
Масса топлива+ масла, кг||55
Масса полной нагрузки, кг||175
Полетная масса, кг||545
Удельная нагрузка на крыло, кг/м2||37
Удельная нагрузка на мощность, кг/лс||6,8
Весовая отдача,%||32
Скорость максимальная у земли, км/ч||150
Время набора высоты||
   1000 м, мин||4
   2000 м, мин||8,7
   3000 м, мин||15,7
   4000 м, мин||25,6
   5000 м, мин||46
Потолок практический, м||5250
Продолжительность полета, ч.||2

   "Ньюпор-XXIII" ("Ньюпор-23", "Бебе-23"). По внешнему виду и по конструкции мало отличался от самолетов типа XVII. Лишь фюзеляж его был длиннее на 0,6 м и элероны на концах не были расширены. Самолет попал в Россию в 1917 г., строился серийно на заводе "Дукс" и широко применялся в гражданской войне, численно преобладая среди других "Ньюпоров".

Самолет||"Ньюпор-XXIII"
Год выпуска||1917
Двигатель, марка||"Рон"
   мощность, л.с.||120
Длина самолета, м||6,4
Размах крыла, м||8,03(7,76)
Площадь крыла, м2||14,7
Масса пустого, кг||355
Масса топлива+ масла, кг||67
Масса полной нагрузки, кг||192
Полетная масса, кг||547
Удельная нагрузка на крыло, кг/м2||37
Удельная нагрузка на мощность, кг/лс||4,6
Весовая отдача,%||35
Скорость максимальная у земли, км/ч||168
Время набора высоты||
   1000 м, мин||2,7
   2000 м, мин||5,8
   3000 м, мин||9,7
   4000 м, мин||15
   5000 м, мин||23
Потолок практический, м||6500
Продолжительность полета, ч.||1,7

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J.Davilla, A.Soltan French Aircraft of the First World War (Flying Machines)

Nieuport 17

  The Nieuport 16 was powered by a more powerful 110-hp Le Rhone 9J engine, but it employed the airframe of the Nieuport 11, which had initially been powered by a 80-hp Le Rhone. This resulted in an aircraft that was nose heavy and sluggish in combat. The obvious answer was to design an aircraft with an enlarged wing; the resulting aircraft became the Nieuport 17.
  The Nieuport 17, as with the Nieuport 11, had a single-spar lower wing and an enlarged wing area of 14.75 sq. m (compared with 13.30 sq. m for the Nieuport 16). Transparent panels were fitted to the upper wing sections above the pilot's head. The engine had a circular cowling carefully faired into the fuselage sides. Some early Nieuport 17s had a "cone de penetration" attached to the fixed crankshaft of the 110-hp Le Rhone. The Nieuport 17 engine cowling was usually made of aluminum and built in two halves joined near the centerline. In later aircraft problems with cowling fractures resulted in their replacement by a new cowling of horseshoe configuration. The fuselage had rectangular cross-section frames braced with wire. The front of the fuselage was composed of steel tubes. In front of the cockpit were longerons made of ash while aft of the cockpit they were made of spruce. The top decking was faired with light formers and longitudinal stringers. Behind the cockpit the fuselage was fabric-covered and was reinforced by plywood panels near the stern. The upper wing had the front spars close to the leading edge while the rear spar ran parallel to the lower wing's spar; this placed the interplane struts at a good angle for load carrying. The wing spars were made of spruce. The bottom wing had an incidence that could be adjusted on the ground to facilitate rigging the aircraft for varying loads. The Nieuport 17 retained the sesquiplane layout, resulting in a better field of vision for the pilot. The center section struts were vertical at the front and had an inverted V arrangement. The interplane struts were made of spruce. The leading and trailing edges of the wing were spruce strips. Ailerons were fitted to the top wing only and had increasing chord toward the tip. The tail surfaces were of light steel tubing covered with fabric. The landing gear cross member between the V legs was made of aluminum with a steel tube axle sprung by rubber shock absorbers; the tail skid was a curved steel spring.
  A major improvement was made in the Nieuport 17's armament; a synchronized Vickers gun was fixed to the centerline of the forward fuselage. Canvas ammunition belts were carried in drums stored inside the fuselage fairings. The Nieuport 17 could also carry four Le Prieur anti-balloon rockets on each of the main struts. A November 1916 GQG memo reported that some Nieuport 17s were being fitted with Vickers machine guns mounted off-center. This change required relocation of the oil reservoir, the fuel tank, munitions box, machine gun support, engine cooler, exhaust pipe, and windscreen. Some Nieuport 17s were armed with twin Lewis machine guns that were unsynchronized and were mounted on the top wing. The Nieuport 17s were also used in the high-speed reconnaissance role fitted with a 26-cm camera behind the pilot's seat.
  Nieuport 17s were fitted with a variety of engines. In some a 120-hp Le Rhone 9Jb was used. One was given a 130-hp Clerget 9B engine and an entirely new tail unit. It would serve as the basis for the Nieuport 17bis, which was basically a Nieuport 17 with either a 130-hp Clerget 9B or 9Z engine. However, the fuselage was fully faired from the engine cowling to the fuselage spacer ahead of the tail skid. The engine cowling was narrower than that of the standard Nieuport 17. At least a few of these aircraft saw active service; one was used by Charles Nungesser. The British experience with the Type 17bis shows that its performance was disappointing and it was difficult to fly. Its weight was high, resulting in a fast landing speed and poor maneuverability. The aircraft probably served in small numbers for a brief period of time, with the French escadrilles; it certainly saw only limited service with the RNAS. Although it had marginally better performance than the standard Nieuport 17, the 17bis was clearly inferior to the SPAD 7 that became available in late 1916. It has been reported that the French aces felt their Nieuports were clearly outclassed by contemporary German fighters and demanded that they be given the new SPAD 7 fighters as quickly as possible. Although attempts were made to improve the Nieuport series of fighters, the SPAD 7 and 13 fighters became the main French fighters for 1917 and 1918.
  Nieuport 17s were built under license by CEA (Societe pour la Construction et l'Entretien d'Avions), Ateliers d'Aviation R Savary; et H de la Fresnaye, and SAFC (Societe Anonyme Francause de Constructions Aeronautique).

Operational Service

Army Cooperation

  Only a small number of Nieuport 17 escadrilles served with the Groupes de Combat. Most units were assigned to support the armees.
  The escadrilles assigned to the individual armees tended to have less glamorous combat careers. Their records reveal that these Nieuport escadrilles were in almost constant action, flying escort for reconnaissance and bomber aircraft, fighter patrols, and performing reconnaissance sorties (with Nieuport 17s accompanying Nieuport 12s). They also attacked balloons, transported spies behind enemy lines (Nieuport 17s flying air cover with the Nieuport 12s or Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutters acting as transports), and even performing ground attack. Often these units had limited opportunities for aerial combat and scored few victories; therefore, they tend to be ignored by historians. N 90, for example, was assigned to the 8th Armee and was in action from its formation in early 1917 until the end of that year. However, it recorded only a single confirmed victory for 1917 at the cost of one pilot killed and one wounded. Yet these missions were equally as important to the war effort as those performed by the Nieuport escadrilles assigned to the Groupes de Combat.
  Two escadrilles equipped with Nieuport 17s were formed in early 1917 and were assigned to the Escadrilles de L'Interieur (D.C.A.). N 311 was formed in February and disbanded in June. N 312 was formed in March and disbanded in July.
  The Aviation Maritime also acquired some Nieuport 17s and used them to fly fighter escort for flying boats based at Dunkerque, which had been suffering heavy losses at the hands of German fighters. The short range of the Nieuport 17s meant that they were of only limited use as escort fighters, and they were eventually replaced in the escort role by Letord twin-engine airplanes under control of the Aviation Militaire.

Groupes de Combat

  Nieuport 17s were used in large numbers by the French. Every Nieuport escadrille used Nieuport 17s beginning in late 1916 and many were in service until mid-1917. A major revision in the French fighter force was taking place as the Nieuport 17s began to enter service in the fall of 1916. The formation of fighter groups had permitted the French to achieve local air superiority over selected areas of the Somme front. The temporary Groupe de Combat Somme was superseded by the formation of permanent Groupes de Combat. GC 11 was created in November 1916 and was later joined by GC 12, GC 13, GC 14, and GC 15, all of which were equipped with Nieuport 17s.
   GC 11 was created at Vadelaincourt and initially had four Nieuport 17 escadrilles - N 12, N 31, N 48, and N 57 - assigned to it (N 94 arrived later). GC 11 was assigned to the 2nd Armee and later the G.A.R. (4th, 5th, and 6th Armees). It provided support during the Battle of Chemin des Dames.
   GC 12 was also formed in November 1916 with the escadrilles that had been serving with the Groupement de Combat de la Somme, N 3, N 26, N 73, and N 103. GC 12 provided air cover for the G.A.R. (4th, 5th,and 6th Armees) and also the 10th Armee. GC 12's escadrilles participated in the Battle of Chemin des Dames.
   GC 13 was formed in November 1916 with N 65, N 67, N 112, and N 124 (N 37 joined later) . The group was assigned to the G.A.N. and based at Ravenal and later was assigned to the 3rd Armee. In June GC 13 consisted of N 1 5, N 65, N 84, and N 124, based at Maisonneuve on the Aisne front in the 6th Armee sector, later moving to the 5th Armee front. GC 13 was active during the Battle of Chemin des Dames. During June its escadrilles received SPAD 7s and only N 124 continued to use Nieuport fighters as primary equipment until it also received the new SPAD 7s in 1917.
   GC 14 was formed in March 1917 with component escadrilles N 75, N 80, N 83, and N 86. It was initially assigned to the G.A.R. (4th, 5th, and 6th Armees) and was based at Bonne-Maison. From 16 April to 7 May GC 14's units participated in the Battle of Chemin des Dames and provided support for the reconnaissance units assigned to the 10th Armee. In July GC 14 was assigned to the 2nd Armee.
   GC 15 was formed in March 1917 with seven Nieuport escadrilles: N 37, N 78, N 81, N 85, N 93, N 97, and N 112 (later N 102 joined). GC 15 was based at la Noblette in the 4th Armee sector where it provided support during the Battle of Champagne (April 17). By July most of the Nieuport escadrilles had re-equipped with Nieuport 23s and 24s.
  The Groupe de Combat Chaux was formed in February 1917, consisting of Nieuport 17 escadrilles N 49, N 81, and N 82. The groupe was assigned to the 7th Armee sector and based at Chaux. In mid-1917 the Groupe was disbanded and the escadrilles dispersed.
  Duties for the Groupes de Combat included escorting French day bombers that were attempting to interdict German supply lines. However, because of their relatively poor range, the Nieuport 17s were found to be of little use as long-range fighters. Nieuport 17s also flew escort for army cooperation escadrilles assigned to the Armees. They also intercepted German reconnaissance airplanes and attacked balloons in an attempt to keep the enemy from obtaining an accurate picture of the positions of the French troops. By the spring of 1917 more Nieuport 17s were reaching the escadrilles and this resulted in a significant improvement in the efficacy of the fighter units. However, the Germans were now sending Albatross D.III fighters to their units, and this new type proved to be remarkably successful. It was for this reason that the Nieuport units began to re-equip with the new SPAD 7s as soon as they became available.

Foreign Service

Belgium
  Belgium purchased 12 Nieuport 17s to equip the 1st and 5th Escadrilles. These units provided fighter escort for reconnaissance squadrons. By late 1917 the Nieuport 17s were replaced by Hanriot HD.1s.

Chile
  Chile purchased a single Nieuport 17 in 1919.

Colombia
  Colombia acquired four Nieuport 17s in 1921. They served with the Escuela Militar de Aviacion until 1925.

Czechoslovakia
  At least one Nieuport 17 was obtained by the Czech air service; it was subsequently captured by the Estonians.

Estonia
  The Estonian Aviation Company was formed in 1920 and acquired six Nieuport 17s and 24s from Russia and one from the Czechs. They were assigned serial numbers 42 through 46 and 51.

Hungary
  A single Nieuport 17 was captured on 15 May 1919 when a Romanian machine landed behind Hungarian lines. It was pressed into service with the 8th Voros Repuloszazad.

Finland
  A single N.17 built by Dux was flown to Finland in 1918.

Netherlands
  The Netherlands purchased five Nieuport 17s. They arrived on 24 June 1918 and were given serials N 220 to N 224. N 220 was powered by a 80-hp Thulin motor. The Nieuport 17s were withdrawn in 1925.

Italy
  During 1917 the Nieuport 17 replaced the Nieuport 11 in Italian service. Macchi began to build the type under license in December 1916. Approximately 150 were built by the Macchi firm, becoming known as "Super-Bebes." The engine was a 120-hp Le Rhone. The Italians found that the Nieuport 17's lower wing spar broke during certain maneuvers. Because of this, the Italian pilots, along with their counterparts in the RFC, flew the Type 17 with great caution.
  During the first half of 1917 the following squadriglias received Nieuport 17s to supplement the Nieuport Ils then in service: 1st Gruppo (3rd Armata): 77a and 80a Squadriglias; 2 Gruppo (2nd Armata): 76a and 81a Squadriglias; 7th Gruppo (1st, 6th Armata): 79a Squadriglia; 9th Gruppo (1st Armata): 71a and 75a Squadriglias; 10th Gruppo (Supreme Command: 70a, 78a, and 82a Squadriglias; and independent units: 1st Sezione 83
Squadriglia based at Kremain (Macedonia) and Sezione Nieuport 11s and 17s at Belluno.
  The Nieuport 17 squadriglias flew combat patrols, reconnaissance missions, and escort for Caproni bombers. They were also used in the ground attack role, striking enemy troops with bombs and machine gun fire. The Nieuport 17s proved to be particularly effective in preventing Austro-Hungarian reconnaissance airplanes from penetrating the Italian lines. In addition, many Nieuport 17 seziones (sections) were formed to defend important Italian cities, ports, airship bases, and ammunition dumps.
  By October 1917 the following units still had Nieuport 17s: 1 Gruppo (3rd Armata): 77a, 80a, and 84a Squadriglias; 2 Gruppo (4th Armata): 76a Squadriglia; 3 Gruppo (1st Armata): 72a Squadriglia; 7 Gruppo (1st Armata): 79a Squadriglia; 9 Gruppo (1st Armata): 71a and 75a Squadriglias; 10 Gruppo (Supreme Command): 70a, 78a, and 82a Squadriglias; and independent units 1st Sezione 83a Squadriglia at Negocani (Macedonia), 2nd Sezione 83a Squadriglia (Belluno), 3rd Sezione 83a Squadriglia (Cavazzo Carnico), and 85a Squadriglia at Piskupi (Albania).
  By the end of 1917 Nieuport 27s, Hanriot HD.1s, and SPAD 7s were replacing the Nieuport 17s still in service. By June 1918 only 2 units had Nieuport 17s: 72a Squadriglia based at Busiago as part of the 9th Gruppo (7th Armata) and 74a Squadriglia based at Castenedolo as part of the 20th Gruppo (7th Armata).

Poland
  Poland acquired al least five Nieuport 17s. Two (Nos.6176 and 4233) were captured from the Russians on 7 August 1919. No.6176 served at the Lvov front and, later with the 4th Fighter Group, while No.4233 was sent to the 1st Air Division at Mlodeczno. A Nieuport 17bis was captured in August 1920 and sent to the 2nd Squadron of the 2nd Regiment. A Nieuport 17bis was assigned to the 5th Squadron of the 2nd Regiment in 1920. Finally a Nieuport 17 (or possibly a 21) was assigned to the Moktow area in early 1921.

Romania
  Romania purchased 2 5 Nieuport 17s in 1917, They were assigned to the 1st Fighter Squadron (based at Borzesti) serving with Grupul 1 in the 2nd Romanian Army sector and the 10th Fighter Squadron (based at Borzesti) assigned to Grupul 3 with the 6th Russian Army. Later in 1917 two more squadrons were formed with Nieuport 17s: the 11th Fighter Squadron (Galati) with Grupul 3 assigned to the 6th Russian Army and the 14th Fighter Squadron (Cioara) with Grupul 2 in the 1st Romanian Army sector. Finally, the 3rd Fighter Squadron also had some Nieuport 17s on strength. It was based at Cioara and was assigned to Grupul 2 in the 1st Romanian Army sector.
  The Nieuport 17s were used to establish air superiority over sections of the front and to fly bomber escort missions. The aerial activity was not as great as that on the Western Front; there were only 31 air-to-air victories over the Romanian front during the entire war. The 3rd Fighter Squadron accounted for more than one-fifth of these victories, destroying seven enemy aircraft. The Nieuport units also flew reconnaissance patrols. The surviving Nieuport 17s saw action in 1919 against the Hungarian Red Airborne Corps.

Russia
  The Imperial Russian Air Service purchased a number of Nieuport 17s from the French. Subsequently, the Dux firm, and possibly the Mosca firm, built the type under license. At least 14 were built by the Dux factory. The Nieuport 17 was the first fighter in Russian service to be equipped with a synchronized machine gun. A few Russian Nieuport 17s were fitted with twin machine guns. While most of the Nieuport 17s had a 110-hp Le Rhone, some had 130-hp Clerget engines.
  In March 1917 nine Nieuport 17s were assigned: western front (1); southwestern front (2); and Romanian front (6).
  The next month there were 14 Nieuport 17s in front-line service. By September there were an additional 23 available - not at the front, but rather in storage at the Central Aviation Warehouse.
  Nieuport 17s were used extensively during the civil war by the 1st Red Air Force Fighter Squadron. Nieuport 17s, along with Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutters, also equipped the Slavo-British Squadron commanded by Kozakov.
  In December 1920 no fewer than 189 Nieuport 17s were still in front-line service, most based on the Leningrad and Ukrainian fronts. In January 1922 69 remained in service with the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 14th Aviaotryady, the 1st and 2nd naval Istrootryady, the Eskadra No.2, and the schools. In 1923 the Nieuport 11 trainers were assigned to the 1st Higher School of Military Pilots in Moscow, the 1st Military School of Pilots at Kacha, the 2nd School of Military Pilots, the Higher School of Aerial Observers, the Military-Technical School, the Training Eskadril'ya, the 16th, 17th, and 47th Otdel'nye razvedivatel'nye aviaotryady, and the Strel'bom school at Serpukhov. The last 29 Nieuport 17s were struck off charge in April 1925. The Siberian Air Fleet of Admiral Kolchak also had a few Nieuport 17s.

Siam
  At least one Nieuport 17 was used by the Royal Siamese Aeronautical Service.

Ukraine
  The Ukrainians obtained three Nieuport 17s in 1918. One was with the Don Cossack squadron, another had serial No. 1437. In 1919 a defecting Czechoslovakian pilot supplied the Ukrainians with a third Nieuport 17.

United Kingdom
  The RNAS was the first British service to re-equip with Nieuport 17s. The first three were given serial numbers N 1553, N 1494, and N 1561. Subsequently, the RNAS purchased Nieuport 17bis airplanes which had the 130-hp Clerget 9B and 9Z engines. Most of the Nieuport 17s were built under license by the English Nieuport firm. The Nieuport 17s received serial numbers N 3100-N 3104, N 3184-N 3187, N 3189-N 3197, N 3198-N 3209, and N 5860-N 5909. They were assigned to Nos.6 and 11 Squadrons and the Eastchurch Flight School. Additional Nieuport 17s were later ordered and given serials N 6040-N 6079 and N 6530-N 6579. However, both of these additional orders were subsequently canceled.
  Two flights of Nieuport 17s were sent to Furnes to provide air cover for reconnaissance airplanes. Nieuport 17s proved to be particularly useful at the Dunkerque naval base and over the Somme. No.3 Wing RNAS operated some Nieuport 17bis planes in the Dardanelles campaign. Machines built by the English Nieuport firm were found to be inferior to those manufactured in France.
  On 1 May 1917 there were ten Nieuport 17bis airplanes on strength, assigned serials 3956-3958 and 8745-8751. They were sent to Nos.1 and 4 Wings and some were later transferred to the RFC. The Nieuport 17bis was considered to be difficult to fly and had a higher accident rate than the Sopwith scouts and triplanes. It was primarily for this reason that the Nieuports were withdrawn from RNAS service in mid-1917 and replaced by Sopwith Camels. The RFC obtained its first Nieuport 17s (N 1494, N 1553, and N 1561) from the RNAS. The RFC Nieuport 17s had a single Lewis machine gun on a Foster mount. A 6678 was tested with a fixed Vickers and an overwing Lewis, but the two guns seriously degraded the aircraft's climb and maneuverability and no other Nieuport 17s were so armed.
  The Nieuport 17s were supplied to Nos.1, 11, 29, 40, and 60 Squadrons, and were found to be quite satisfactory and were much sought after. Because of the high attrition in these fighter units, the RFC ordered large numbers of Nieuport 17s from the French. The French were reticent about releasing such large numbers of their best fighters to the British, but they usually relented and supplied the machines. In addition to combat losses, several Nieuport 17s were lost as a result of failure of the lower wings. Modifications to the lower wing spars and their fittings rectified this problem.
  The Nieuport 17s served well into 1917 until finally replaced by Nieuport 24s or S.E.5as. At least two surplus Nieuport 17s were subsequently sent to Nos. 14 and 113 Squadrons in Palestine. These provided fighter escort for reconnaissance aircraft and also were used as high speed scouts.

United States
  The United States purchased 175 Nieuport 17s for use by the A.E.F. The first example was obtained in September 1917. These airplanes were used as fighter trainers. A single sample of a Nieuport 17bis was also obtained lor evaluation.

Nieuport 17 Single-Seat Fighter with 110-hp Le Rhone 9Ja
   Span 8.16 m; length 5.80 m; height 2.40 m; wing area 14.75 sq. m
   Empty weight 375 kg; loaded weight 560 kg
   Maximum speed:
sea level 165 km/h
2,000 m 160 km/h
3,000 m 1 54 km/h
4,000 m 137 km/h
   Climb:
2,000 m 6 minutes 50 seconds
3,000 m 11 minutes 30 seconds
4,000 m 18 minutes 5 seconds
   Ceiling 5,300m; range 250 km; endurance 1 hour 43 minutes
   Armament: a synchronized 7.7-mm Vickers gun; some were fitted with one or two Lewis guns on an overwing mount; up to 8 Le Prieur rockets could be carried

Macchi-Nieuport 17 Single-Seat Fighter with 120-hp Le Rhone 9Jb
   Span 8.20 m; length 5.70 m; height 2.40 m; wing area 15.00 sq. m
   Empty weight 410 kg; loaded weight 590 kg
   Maximum speed: 170 km/h; climb to 3,000 m in 11 minutes 30 seconds; ceiling 5,500 m; endurance 2 hours
   Armament: a synchronized Vickers gun; some were fitted with Lewis guns on an overwing mount
   150 built

Nieuport 17 Single-Seat Fighter with 110-hp Le Rhone 9Ja Built by Dux
   Span 8.02m; length 5.8 m; wing area 14.7 sq. m
   Empty weight 375 kg; loaded weight 560 kg
   Maximum speed: 164 km/h; climb to 1,000 m in 3.2 minutes; climb to 2,000 m in 6.8 minutes; climb to 3,000 m in 11.5 minutes; climb to 4,000 m in 19.5 minutes; climb to 5,000 m in 35 minutes; ceiling 5,300 m; endurance 2 hours
   Armament: a synchronized Vickers gun; some were fitted with a Lewis gun on an overwing mount
   At least 14 built

Nieuport 21

  The Nieuport 21 combined features of two earlier Nieuport designs. It had the fuselage of the standard Nieuport 11 (but with a lightened airframe) and the wings of a Nieuport 17 (with altered bracing and parallel flying wires). The engine was an 80- hp Le Rhone 9C (compared with the 110-hp Le Rhone used in lhe standard Nieuport 17).
  It has been speculated that this aircraft was to be used as a fighter trainer or a high-altitude bomber escort. The Nieuport firm described it as an avion-ecole, which confirms that its primary mission was that of a trainer. However, some Nieuport 21s were assigned to front-line lighter units and were used operationally alongside the Nieuport 17. A French document showing the disposition of airplanes in the Aviation Militaire on 1 August 1917 stated there were 28 Nieuports with 80-hp Le Rhone engines (this total probably includes Nieuport 10s and 11s). Fifteen were with the front-line escadiilles, one with the RGA, and 12 machines in reserve. The French were able to supply the Imperial Russian Air Service with the lower-powered Nieuport 21s while preserving the 110-hp Nieuport 17s for French escadrilles.
  At least one Nieuport 21 was fitted with a 90-hp Le Rhone 9Ga engine. Some may have had a 120-hp Le Rhone 9J, but this has not been confirmed.
  Several examples of the Nieuport 21 were acquired by the Aviation Maritime in 1920. They were used to practice takeoffs from the platform on the Bapaume until replaced by Nieuport 52s in 1922.

Foreign Service

Brazil
  The Brazilian Escola de Aviacao Militar (Military Aviation School) received 20 Nieuport 21 trainers in 1920. Used as advanced trainers, they were given serial numbers 2101-2104, 2107-2108, 7090, 7096, 7109, 7112, 7114, 7117-7118, 7123, and 7128-7129. Two Nieuport 21s were assigned to the 1st Companhia de Parque de Aviacao. These were used operationally during the San Paulo revolution of June 1924 before returning to Campo dos Afonsos the next month. They were subsequently incorporated into the Destacamento de Aviacao (Air Detachment) and sent back to San Paulo from August to September 1924. The Nieuport 21s were finally retired at the end ol 1924.

Russia
  Sixty-eight Nieuport 21s were built under license by the Russian Dux firm. They were armed with a single machine gun which on some machines was synchronized. The Nieuport 21 was well-liked by Russian pilots because, despite its weak 80-hp Le Rhone engine, it was extremely maneuverable. In fact, the first controlled aircraft spin in Russia was performed in 1916 by K.K. Artseyulov in a Nieuport 21. The Nieuport 21s were initially used as fighters and equipped the units of the First Fighter Group. In March 1917 there were 43 Nieuport 21s at the front - northern front (4); western front (6); southwestern front (20); Romanian front (12); Caucasus front (1).
  By April 1917 there were 68 Nieuport 21s at the front. In June there were 74 - northern front (8); western front (15); southwestern/Romanian fronts (37); Caucasus front (14).
  In December 1920 there were 52 Nieuport 21s in service, but in 1922 that number had dropped by almost half. In 1922 a few were still in service with the 2nd, 12th and 17th Aviaoiryady and the Vozdukheskadra No.2. Subsequently, the Nieuport 21s were employed as fighter trainers. By 1923 the Nieuports were with the 1st Military School of Pilots al Kacha, the 2nd School of Military Pilots at Borisoglebsk, the 1st Higher School of Military Pilots in Moscow, the Higher School of Aerial Observers, the 4th Otdel'naya istrebitel'naya aviaeskadril'ya, the 8th and 47th Otdelnye razvedivatel'nye aviaotryady, and the training eskadril'ya. The remaining Nieuport 21s were retired in April 1925.

Ukraine
  The Ukrainian air service acquired two Nieuport 21s in 1918. These had serial numbers 580 and 1317.

United Kingdom
  Five Nieuport 21s were acquired by the RNAS.

United States
  The United States purchased 197 Nieuport 21s for use as fighter trainers. Nieuport 21s were assigned to the 31st Aero Squadron.

Nieuport 21 Single-Seat Fighter/Fighter Trainer with 80-hp Le Rhone 9C
   Span 8.16 m; length 5.80 meters; height 2.40 m; wing area 14,75 sq. m
   Empty weight 550 kg; loaded weight 5 50 kg
   Maximum speed: 150 km/h; climb to 2,000 m in 8.45 minutes; climb to 5,000 m in 15.7 minutes; ceiling 5,200 m; endurance 2 hours; range 250 km
   Armament: one 0.505 Vickers machine gun

Nieuport 21 Single-Seat Fighter/Fighter Trainer with 80-hp Le Rhone 9C Built by Dux
   Span 8.02 in; length 5.8 meters: wing area 14.7 sq. m
   Empty weight 570 kg; loaded weight 545 kg
   Maximum speed: 150 km/h; climb to 1,000 m in 4.0 minutes; climb to 2,000 m in 8.7 minutes; climb to 3.000 m in 15.7 minutes; climb to 4,000 m in 25.6 minutes; climb to 5,000 m in 46 minutes; ceiling 5,250 tn; endurance 2.0 hours
   Armament: one 0.503 Vickers machine gun
   A total of 68 were built by Dux

Nieuport 23

  The next fighter from the Nieuport firm was the Nieuport 23 (the identity of the Nieuport 22 has not been established) which differed from the Nieuport 17 in several minor details. The main difference was the fitting of a new interrupter gear that required the Vickers gun to be fitted a few centimeters to starboard of the centerline and also required modifications to the forward fuselage cross members. The packing pieces of the rear spar of the upper wing were also slightly modified. While some aircraft retained the standard 110-hp Le Rhone 9Ja engine, many Nieuport 23s were fitted with a 120-hp Le Rhone 9Jb. Some Nieuport 23s may have been fitted with the same 80-hp Le Rhone 9C engines used in the Nieuport 21, and it has been reported that these aircraft were intended for use as trainers.
  The Nieuport 23s served alongside the Nieuport 17s beginning in early 1917. French escadrilles equipped with Nieuports during the first half of 1917 were assigned to the 1st Armee (N 31, N 82, N 112), 2nd Armee (N 31, N 85), 3rd Armee (N 67, N 79, N 153), 4th Armee (N 38, N 78), 5th Armee (N 23, N 76, N 80), 6th Armee (N 15, N 62, N 65, N 68, N 81, N 83, N 88, N 112), 7th Armee (N 49, N 75, N 81, N 88, N 93), 8th Armee (N 77, N 87, N 91), 10th Armee (N 15, N 69, N 82, N 90), GC 11 (N 12, N 31, N 48, N 57, N 94), GC 12 (N 3, N 26, N 73, N 103), GC 13 (N 15, N 37, N 65, N 67, N 84, N 112, N 124), GC 14 (N 75, N 80, N 83, N 86), GC 15 (N 37, N 78, N 81, N 85, N 93, N 97, N 112), GC Chaux (N 49, N 81, N 82), D.C.A. (N 311, N 312), T.O.E. units in Russia (N 581), T.O.E. units Serbia (N 87/N 387/Escadrille 523, N 37), and the T.O.E. unit assigned to Venice (N 92/N 392). For further details of these units see the entry for the Nieuport 17.
  The Nieuport 23s were replaced by the more reliable Nieuport 24s in mid-1917. This was probably due to numerous accidents involving the Nieuport 23s. A notice from the General Chef de Service Aeronautique to the GQG dated 4 September 1917 reported that the Nieuport 23s would be allowed to continue flying only if the following modifications were made:
   1. Additional cables to reinforce the wings.
   2. Replacement of the lower wings of the Type 23 with the wings from the Type 24.
  It was suggested that 150 sets of wings be obtained, which gives a rough estimate of the number of Nieuport 23s that had been purchased by the Aviation Militaire.
  It is likely that the lower wings were breaking off when stressful maneuvers were performed. The lower wings of earlier Nieuport airplanes were designed so that their incidence could be adjusted on the ground to accommodate different loads. Although the Nieuport fighters did not use this system, the original fittings for it were retained and this resulted in lower wing failure at the pivoting joints. This would often result in the Type 23s shedding the entire lower wing.
  Another GQG memo dated 10 December 1917 called lor the replacement of the tailskids because of frequent breakages. The skids were also to be fitted with a rubber shock absorber.

Foreign Service

Belgium
  Several Nieuport 23s were sent to Belgium. The 1st Escadrille of the Aviation Militaire Beige had at least one on strength and it is likely that the 5th Escadrille, which was the only other Belgian unit to be equipped with Nieuport fighters, also had a few on strength.

Czechoslovakia
  Czechoslovakia acquired several Nieuport 17s and 23s in 1919.

Finland
  Two Dux-built Nieuport 23s were given to the fledging Finnish air service when two Russian pilots defected with their airplanes in 1918. These machines, given serials D 61/18 and D 62/18, remained in service until 1920. (One may have been a Nieuport 17.)

Poland
  Poland is known to have acquired at least three Nieuport 21s. These were No.3191 (captured in September 1919 from the Russians and assigned to the 1st Squadron). No.3751 (acquired in 1919 and assigned to the 2nd Air Regiment at Luck and later to the training unit at Krakow), and No.4227 (used as a fighter trainer).

Russia
  Russia received its first Nieuport 23 in 1917. The type was built under license by the Dux plant. In June 1917 there were 42 Nieuport 23s assigned to the northern front (7), western front (11), southwestern/Romanian front (18), and Caucasus front (6).
  On 1 September 1917 there were 70 Nieuport 23s in storage at the Central Aviation Park in Moscow. During the civil war the Nieuport 23s were used extensively by the Russian fighter squadrons and in fact were by that time the most numerous Nieuport type in service.
  In December 1920 there were still 72 Nieuport 23s in service; by early 1922 that number had been reduced to 60. These were in service with the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 12th, and 14th Aviaotryady, the Istrebitel'naya aviaeskadril'ya at Kiev, the Vozdukheskadra No.2, and the 1st naval Istrootryad.
  By 1923 the Nieuport 23s had been relegated to training duties at the 1st Military School of Pilots, the 1st Higher School of Military Pilots, the Strel'bom school, the 4th Otdel'naya istrebitel'naya aviaeskadril'ya, the 1st Morskoi istrebitel'nyi vozdukhchast' and the 9th, 17th, and 47th Otdel'nye razvedivatel'nye aviaotryady. By 1925 only about 40 remained in service and by the next year only one. The Siberian Air Fleet of Admiral Kolchak had five Nieuport 23s on strength form 1918 to 1920.

Switzerland
  Five Nieuport 23s were obtained by the Swiss Fliegertruppe in 1917. Given serials 601 through 605, they became the Fliegertruppe's front-line fighters and remained in service until 1921. In that year No.601 was tested to destruction and it was discovered that the Nieuports could no longer meet the structural requirements of the service; all the type 23s were therefore withdrawn from service.

Ukraine
  The Ukrainian air service acquired seven Nieuport 23s in 1918. These had serial numbers 3224, 3226, 3240, 3241, 3246, 3247, and 3731.

United Kingdom
  The RFC received 30 Nieuport 23s in August 1917 and, by the end of the war approximately 80 had been received from France. They served alongside the Nieuport 17s with Nos.1, 11, 29, 40, and 60 Squadrons. Later, approximately five Nieuport 23s joined the Nieuport 17s with Nos.14 and 113 Squadrons in Palestine.

United States
  Fifty Nieuport 23s were purchased by the United States. These served as fighter trainers. Three had 80-hp Le Rhone engines, the other 47 had the standard 120-hp Le Rhone 9Jb.

Nieuport 23 Single-Seat Fighter Trainer with 80-hp Le Rhone
   Span 8.16 m; length 5.80 m; height 2.40 m; wing area 14.75 sq m
   Empty weight 350 kg; loaded weight 535 kg
   Maximum speed: 150 km/h; climb to 2,000 m in 8.45 minutes; range 250 km
   Armament: one synchronized 7.7-mm Vickers gun; some were fitted with one or two Lewis guns on an overwing mount; up to 8 Le Prieur rockets could be carried.

Nieuport 23 Single-Seat Fighter with 110-hp Le Rhone 9Ja or 120-hp Le Rhone 9Jb
   Dimensions identical to Nieuport 23 Trainer
   Empty weight 375 kg; loaded weight 560 kg
   Maximum speed: 165 km/h at sea level; climb to 3,000 in in 11.5 minutes
   Armament: one synchronized 7.7-mm Vickers gun; some were fitted with one or two Lewis guns on an overwing mount; up to 8 Le Prieur rockets could be carried. In RFC service a Lewis gun frequently replaced the Vickers.

Nieuport 23 Single-Seat Fighter with 120-hp Le Rhone 9Jb Built by Dux in Russia
   Span 8.03 m; length 6.4 in; wing area 14.7 sq. m
   Empty weight 355 kg; loaded weight 547 kg
   Maximum speed: 168 km/h, climb to 1,000 m in 2.7 minutes; climb to 2,000 m in 5.8 minutes: climb to 3.000 in in 9.7 minutes; climb to 4,000 m in 15.0 minutes; climb to 5,000 in in 23.0 minutes; ceiling 6,500 m; endurance 1.7 hours
   Armament: one synchronized 7.7-mm Vickers gun

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W.Green, G.Swanborough The Complete Book of Fighters

NIEUPORT 17 France

   Appearing mid-1916, the Nie 17 rapidly established itself as an outstanding fighter. Although it retained the basic geometry and proportions of the Nie 11 and 16, it was a new, somewhat larger and more refined aircraft. Most Nie 17s were powered by either the Le Rhone 9Ja of 110 hp or 9Jb of 120 hp, but a few of the earliest had the 110 hp or 130 hp Clerget. At some time in 1916, the Nie 17 equipped every fighter escadrille of the Aviation Militate, and at least one naval unit. Many of those in French service had a synchronised Vickers gun, while the substantial number supplied to the RFC were armed with a Lewis gun on a Foster overwing mounting. One hundred and fifty were built in Italy by Nieuport-Macchi, and the Nie 17 was supplied to Belgium and Russia. Twenty were also supplied to the Netherlands and two to Finland, and, in September 1917, the American Expeditionary Force received 75 fighters of this type. A classic design, the Nie 17 was to serve as a basis for a number of later types.

Max speed, 103 mph (165 km/h) at sea level.
Time to 9,840 ft (3 000 m), 11.5 min.
Range, 155 mis (250 km).
Empty weight, 827 lb (375 kg).
Loaded weight, 1,235 lb (560 kg).
Span, 26 ft 9 in (8,16 m).
Length, 19 ft 0 in (5,80 m).
Height, 7 ft 10 in (2,40 m).
Wing area, 158.8 sq ft (14,75 m2).

NIEUPORT 21 France

   Although apparently intended as a fighter trainer, the single-seat Nie 21 was flown operationally as a fighter in French escadrilles. Fundamentally a variant of the Nie 17 in which the 110 hp Le Rhone 9J gave place to the 80 hp Le Rhone 9C, the Nie 21 was built in considerable numbers, and, because many were fitted with a horseshoe-form engine cowling, it was frequently mistaken for the Nie 11. It had the larger wings and bracing geometry of the Nie 17, however, and in RNAS service (at least five being acquired) it was known confusingly as the Nie 17B. The Nie 21 was supplied to Russia, and, from September 1917,181 were acquired by the US Air Service for training duties. At least one was tested with the 90 hp Le Rhone 9Ga engine.

Max speed, 94 mph (150 km/h) at sea level.
Time to 9,840 ft (3 000 m), 15.7 min.
Empty weight, 705 lb (320 kg).
Loaded weight, 1,091 lb (495 kg).
Span, 26 ft 9 in (8,16 m).
Length, 19 ft 8 1/4 in (6,00 m).
Height, 7 ft 10 in (2,40 m).
Wing area, 158.77 sq ft (14,75 m2).

NIEUPORT 23 France

   The Nie 23 differed from the Nie 17 in comparatively minor respects. A new form of interrupter gear for the Vickers gun led to the weapon's installation slightly to starboard of the centreline and dictated some internal structural changes. There were minor modifications to the upper wing and the 120 hp Le Rhone 9Jb rotary was adopted as standard. The Nie 23 was used side by side with the Nie 17 in French escadrilles and was licence-built by Dux in Russia where it became the most numerous Nieuport serving with the Imperial Russian Air Service. It was supplied to Belgium and at least 80 were delivered to the RFC with which it entered service mid-March 1917. In British squadrons, replacement of the Vickers by a Foster-mounted Lewis gun rendered distinguishing Nie 23 from Nie 17 almost impossible.

Max speed, 103 mph (165 km/h) at sea level.
Time to 9,840 ft (3 000 m), 11.5 min.
Empty weight, 827 lb (375 kg).
Loaded weight, 1,235 lb (560 kg).
Span, 26 ft 9 in (8,16 m).
Length, 19 ft 0 1/4 in (5,80 m).
Height, 7 ft 10 in (2,40 m).
Wing area, 158,77 sqft (14,75 m2).

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Nieuport Scout

   In its various guises, the Nieuport V-strutter sesquiplane scout was one of the most famous aircraft of the First World War, and will always be associated with the brilliant exploits of such pilots as Ball and Bishop of the RFC, and Navarre and Nungesser of the French Air Force.
   The first RNAS Nieuport Scouts were the Type 11 with 80 hp Le Rhone engines, described and illustrated in the Appendix and in the drawing opposite. These arrived early in 1916 and saw extensive service with NO.1 Wing of the RNAS in Belgium and No.2 Wing in the Aegean. 'A' Squadron at Fumes in Belgium commanded by Squadron Commander F K Haskins became the first homogenous fighter unit of the RNAS in June 1916. From November 1916 the improved Nieuport 17bis was introduced. This had a 130 hp Clerget engine and a round-sided, streamlined fuselage. Around 80 of these were supplied to the RNAS. Those serialled between N3100 and N3209 were from the original French manufacturers but the remainder (N5860--5909) were built under licence by the British Nieuport Co. Ten additional Nieuport Scouts were of the Type 21 model which reverted to the 80 hp Le Rhone engine. These were serialled 3956-3958 and 8745-8751 and for some reason were known to the RNAS as Nieuport 17Bs.
   The RNAS Nieuport Scouts played a significant role in support of the RFC on the Western Front from late 1916 until replaced the following year by Sopwith Triplanes and Camels. For the most part they flew in squadrons with mixed equipment, usually alongside Sopwith Pups as in the case of the famous Naval Eight, but one unit, No.6 (Naval) Squadron, had a full complement of Nieuport 17bis.

UNITS ALLOCATED
   NO.1 Wing, RNAS (Dunkirk), No.2 Wing, RNAS (Aegean) and No.3 Wing, RNAS (Aegean). 0.6 (Naval) Squadron and partial equipment of Nos.l, 4, 8, 9, 10 and 11 (Naval) Squadrons on the Western Front.

TECHNICAL DATA (NIEUPORT 17bis)
   Description: Single-seat fighting scout. Wooden structure, fabric covered.
   Manufacturers: Soc Anonyme des Etablissements Nieuport, Issy-le-Moulineaux (Seine), France, and British Nieuport Company, Cricklewood.
   Power Plant: One 130 hp Clerget.
   Dimensions: Span, 27 ft 3 in. Length, 19 ft 6 in. Height, 7ft. Wing area, 158 sq ft.
   Weights: Empty, 825 lb. Loaded, 1,233 lb.
   Performance: Maximum speed, 115 mph at sea level. Climb, 5 1/2 min to 6,500 ft; 9 min to 10,000 ft. Endurance, 2 hr. Service ceiling, 18,000 ft.
   Armament: One fixed Lewis gun mounted above the top wing firing clear of the airscrew disc. Later a synchronised Vickers gun was mounted above the cowling. Provision for four Le Prieur rockets on each V strut.

NIEUPORT 21

   Known in the RNAS as the '17B', the Nieuport 21 was similar to the Nieuport 17 and of the same dimensions but reverted to the 80 hp Le Rhone engine. At least 10 entered RNAS service with the serial numbers 3956-3958 and 8745-8751. Units with them on strength included Nos.8, 9 and 11 RNAS Squadrons. Maximum speed, 93 mph. Climb, 8 3/4 min to 6,500 ft.

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Nieuport 17

  During 1917 the Nieuport 17 replaced the Nieuport 11 in Italian service. Macchi began to build the type under license in December 1916. Approximately 150 were built by the Macchi firm, becoming known as “Super-Bebes. The engine was a 120hp Le Rhone. The Italians found that the Nieuport 17’s lower wing spar broke during certain maneuvers. Because of this, the Italian pilots, along with their counterparts in the RFC, flew the Type 17 with great caution.
  During the first half of 1917 the following squadriglias received Nieuport 17s to supplement the Nieuport 11s then in service:
  I Gruppo (3rd Armata): 77a and 80a Squadriglias;
  II Gruppo (2nd Armata): 76a and 81a Squadriglias;
  VII Gruppo (1st, 6th Armata): 79a Squadriglia;
  IX Gruppo (1st Armata): 71a and 75a Squadriglias;
  X Gruppo (Comando supremo): 70a, 78a, and 82a Squadriglias;
  Independent units: 1st Sezione 83 Squadriglia based at Kremain (Macedonia) and Sezione Nieuport 17bis and 17s at Belluno.

  The Nieuport 17 squadriglias flew combat patrols, reconnaissance missions, and escort for Caproni bombers.
  They were also used in the ground attack role, striking enemy troops with bombs and machine gun fire. The Nieuport 17s proved to be particularly effective in preventing Austro-Hungarian reconnaissance airplanes from penetrating the Italian lines. In addition, many Nieuport 17 seziones (sections) were formed to defend important Italian cities, ports, airship bases, and ammunition dumps.
  By October 1917 the following units still had Nieuport 17s:
  I Gruppo (3rd Armata): 77a, 80a, and 84a Squadriglias;
  II Gruppo (4th Armata): 76a Squadriglia;
  III Gruppo (1st Armata): 72a Squadriglia;
  VII Gruppo (1st Armata): 79a Squadriglia;
  IX Gruppo (1st Armata): 71a and 75a Squadriglias;
  X Gruppo (Comando supremo): 70a, 78a, and 82a Squadriglias;
  Independent Units 1st Sezione 83a Squadriglia at Negocani (Macedonia), 2nd Sezione 83a Squadriglia (Belluno), 3rd Sezione 83a Squadriglia (Cavazzo Carnico), and 85a Squadriglia at Piskupi (Albania).

  By the end of 1917 Nieuport 27s, Hanriot HD.1s, and Spad 7s were replacing the Nieuport 17s still in service. By June 1918 only 2 units had Nieuport 17s: 72a Squadriglia based at Busiago as part of the 9th Gruppo (7th armata) and 74a Squadriglia based at Castenedolo as part of the 20th Gruppo (7th armata).

Nieuport-Macchi 17 Single-Seat Fighter with One 110-hp Le Rhone Engine
  Wingspan 8.20 m; length 5.95 m; height 2.40 m; wing area 15 sq m
  Empty weight 390 kg; loaded weight 580 kg
  Maximum speed 175 km/h; ceiling 5,300 m; endurance 2 hours

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Регистрационный номер: N.2779 [2]
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Ньюпор 17
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Регистрационный номер: N.1713
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Регистрационный номер: N.1868
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Регистрационный номер: N.1953
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Регистрационный номер: N.2211
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Nieuport 21 no 2219, escadrille N 390, Negocani, January 1, 1917.
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Регистрационный номер: N.1645 [2]
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Finished overall in aluminium dope with natural metal cowling. French roundels in six positions. Personal marking believed to be in red.
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Регистрационный номер: N.1973
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Регистрационный номер: N.4572 [2]
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"Ньюпор-21" RNAS (1917г.)
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Dux-built Nieuport 21, Naval Air Station Oesel Island, October 1917. (Alexander N. Seversky)
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Регистрационный номер: N.2066
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Регистрационный номер: N.2100 [2]
Nieuport 23 n°2100 of Sergent Ivan Marcou, N 392, Venice-Lido, 1917.
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Регистрационный номер: N.2750 [2]
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Регистрационный номер: N.2756
Nieuport 23 n°2756 of Sous-Lieutenant Jean Bignon (1 victory), N 561, Venice-Lido, 1917.
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Регистрационный номер: N.2903 [2]
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Регистрационный номер: N.3341
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Регистрационный номер: N.3363 [5]
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Регистрационный номер: N.3660 [2]
Nieuport 23 no 3660, Escadrille F.388, March 8, 1917
D.Mechin - Foreign Fronts of the French Air Force 1914-1919 /Aeronaut/
Регистрационный номер: N.3678
Nieuport 23 n°3678 of Marechal des Logis Henri Boyer, N 561, Venice-Lido, 1917.
D.Mechin - Foreign Fronts of the French Air Force 1914-1919 /Aeronaut/

Nieuport 23 (serial unknown) of Sous-Lieutenant Jean Darbos, N 561, Venice-Lido, 1917.
D.Mechin - Foreign Fronts of the French Air Force 1914-1919 /Aeronaut/

Nieuport 23 (serial unknown) of Sous-Lieutenant Xavier Garros (1 victory), N 561, Venice-Lido, 1917.
D.Mechin - Oriental Adventures of the French Air force 1914-1918 /Aeronaut/

Nieuport 23 of the escort section from escadrille 501, Sgt Georges Baudeuf, Summer 1917.
D.Mechin - Oriental Adventures of the French Air force 1914-1918 /Aeronaut/

Nieuport 23 (serial unknown), Escadrille 521, Vertekop, Late 1917.
D.Mechin - Foreign Fronts of the French Air Force 1914-1919 /Aeronaut/

Nieuport 23 (serial unknown) of Lieutenant Daniel Chambariere, N 561, Venice-Lido 1917.
W.Pieters - The Belgian Air Service in the First World War /Aeronaut/

Nieuport 23 VAMPIRE, Kervyn de Lettenhove, 1ere Escadrille
W.Pieters - The Belgian Air Service in the First World War /Aeronaut/

Nieuport 23, Goosens-Bara, 1ere Escadrille
W.Pieters - The Belgian Air Service in the First World War /Aeronaut/

Nieuport 23, Verhoustraeten, 1ere Escadrille
W.Pieters - The Belgian Air Service in the First World War /Aeronaut/
Регистрационный номер: N.3625
Nieuport 23 'N3625', De Meulemeester, 1ere Escadrille
W.Pieters - The Belgian Air Service in the First World War /Aeronaut/
Регистрационный номер: N.5105
Nieuport 23 ‘N5105’, Verbessem, 1ere Escadrille
W.Pieters - The Belgian Air Service in the First World War /Aeronaut/
Регистрационный номер: N.5617
Nieuport 23 ‘N5617’, Franchomme, 5me Escadrille
W.Pieters - The Belgian Air Service in the First World War /Aeronaut/

Nieuport 23, Thieffry, 5me Escadrille
В.Кондратьев - Самолеты первой мировой войны

Ньюпор 23, 5-я эскадрилья авиации Бельгии ("Кометы"), пилот - су-лейтенант Э.Тиффри, 1917 год.
J.Bruce - Nieuport Fighters /Albatros/

NIEUPORT 23, serial unknown, Adjt. E Thieffry, 5eme Escadrille, 1917.
Finished overall in aluminium dope with natural metal cowling. Upper surfaces of wings, tail and fuselage overpainted in an unspecified dark colour, probably green. On the upper wing the overpainted roundels can still be discerned. Red/white Comet insignia is well worn, wheels and upper fuselage are marked with a white disc divided by a broad red stripe.
J.Bruce - Nieuport Fighters /Albatros/
Регистрационный номер: A6786 [2]
NIEUPORT 23, A’ 6786, pilot unknown, No.40 Sqn. RFC 1917.
Finished overall in aluminium dope with natural metal cowling. RFC roundels in six positions with black and white fuselage and wing markings. NB: This machine was also used by No.29 Sqn, May 1917. It had gone to No.40 Sqn on 23.3.17 and was struck off charge on 30.3.17, so it wasn't with 40 Sqn for long. It survived at least until January 12 1918, when it was recorded at No.l AD St-Omer.
A.Durkota, T.Darcey, V.Kulikov - The Imperial Russian Air Service /Flying Machines/

Nieuport 23, 7th Fighter Detachment, spring 1917. (Tadeusz Grochowalski)
A.Durkota, T.Darcey, V.Kulikov - The Imperial Russian Air Service /Flying Machines/

Nieuport 23, unit unknown, December 1917. (Pilot: Kibanov)
А.Шепс - Самолеты Первой мировой войны. Страны Антанты

Истребитель "Ньюпор-23" боевой авиагруппы Юго-Западного фронта, на котором летал капитан Евграф Крутень
А.Шепс - Самолеты Первой мировой войны. Страны Антанты

"Ньюпор-23" одного из авиаотрядов РККА (1919г.)
A.Olejko - War Wings Over Galicia 1918-1919 /Aeronaut/

Nieuport 23 C1 belonging to the 1st Ukrainian Aviation Unit. Lt. Franz Rudorfer flew this aircraft during the period of fighting over Galicia - Spring 1919.

J.Bruce - Nieuport Fighters /Albatros/
Регистрационный номер: B1566 [3]
Bearing the serial number of the original Nie.17 flown by Lt. W A Bishop in No.60 Sqn, RFC, this exquisite airworthy reproduction aircraft was built in 1962 by Carl Swanson at Sycamore, Illinois, and is in the collection of Canada’s National Aviation Museum at Rockcliffe, Ontario.
Inset: one observation about the Nieuport 17 that almost certainly applies to the 11 and 16 concerns the fuselage covering. Whenever the NAM Nieuport 17 had the engine running on the ground, or was flying, the fabric on the sides of the fuselage behind the cockpit ‘sucked-in’ making the vertical fuselage members stand out in relief. In bright light conditions the shadows this caused were quite noticeable while the aircraft was in flight as this photo shows.
W.Green, G.Swanborough - The Complete Book of Fighters

The Nie 21, that being a replica with some genuine components in Brazil’s Museu Aeroespacial.
A.Olejko - War Wings Over Galicia 1918-1919 /Aeronaut/
Регистрационный номер: N.1977 [2], OM-M399 [2]
Krzysztof Cwynar's Flying Circus... In southern Poland, Podkarpackie region, for several years, air shows have included two flying reproductions of fighter aircraft from the Great War, type Nieuport 11 and Nieuport 17. In 2018, their show honored the 3rd International Aviation Conference in Gorlice-Szymbark. (author's collection)

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Nieuport Nieuport-11/16 Bebe - Франция - 1915
A.Olejko - War Wings Over Galicia 1918-1919 /Aeronaut/
Регистрационный номер: N.1977 [2], OM-M399 [2]

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Nieuport Nieuport-11/16 Bebe - Франция - 1915

Сайт - Pilots-and-planes /WWW/
Регистрационный номер: N.2474
By 1916 French air strength had become impressive, and with types such as the Nieuport and Spad the fighter units had capable equipment. The Nieuport 17, as N2474 here, was powered by a 110hp Le Rhone and had a top speed of 110mph (177kph).
Сайт - Pilots-and-planes /WWW/
Регистрационный номер: N.1932 [2]
Nieuport 17, possibly of Escadrille N76. This Nieuport was built in large numbers and equipped many of the French fighter squadrons, as well as a variety of Allied units.
The triangular fanion on the fuselage of N1932 is the light blue and gold emblem of Escadrille N76. The colors were also used for the zig-zag on the rear fuselage. A personal marking which is possibly medium blue aft, extends over the decking
J.Davilla, A.Soltan - French Aircraft of the First World War /Flying Machines/
Регистрационный номер: N.1424 [2]
Four views of Nieuport 17 N 1424 with cone de penetration.
J.Bruce - Nieuport Fighters /Albatros/
Регистрационный номер: N.1424 [2]
This aspect of Nieuport 17 N1424 shows application of sprayed camouflage seen on early examples of the type. Patterns varied widely and although this is one of the best photographs available, high reflectivity and lighting conditions still make defining the disposition of colours extremely difficult.
Журнал - Flight за 1917 г.

Rear view of the Nieuport 1 1/2-plane,Type 17.
Журнал - Flight за 1917 г.

Front view of the Nieuport 1 1/2-plane, Type 17.
J.Bruce - Nieuport Fighters /Albatros/
Регистрационный номер: N.2779 [2]
Nieuport 17 N2779, believed to be of Esc. N.112, fell into German hands intact on April 12 1917, when Sous-Lt. Carre was obliged to make a forced landing at Leffincourt. It did not survive for long: on May 20, Ltn. Hermann Pfeiffer of Jasta 9 was killed while he was flying this aircraft.
J.Davilla, A.Soltan - French Aircraft of the First World War /Flying Machines/

Nieuport 17 of Escadrille N 91. The unit's insignia was an eagle carrying a bomb with a lit fuse in its talons.
J.Davilla, A.Soltan - French Aircraft of the First World War /Flying Machines/

A lineup of Nieuport 17s of Escadrille N 90. The unit insignia was the profile of a rooster.
D.Mechin - Oriental Adventures of the French Air force 1914-1918 /Aeronaut/

Nieuport 17 from the escort section of escadrille 503, 1917.
J.Bruce - Nieuport Fighters /Albatros/
Регистрационный номер: N.1177
A splendidly evocative impression of N1177 of Escadrille N.76, usually flown by Lt. Emile-Louis-Albert Paumier. His personal marking was a white eight-pointed star just visible towards the rear of the fuselage. The escadrille's emblem was a blue and gold fanion.
J.Davilla, A.Soltan - French Aircraft of the First World War /Flying Machines/

Nieuport 17 of Escadrille N 48 which was assigned to GC 11.
Сайт - Pilots-and-planes /WWW/
Регистрационный номер: N.1930
The insignia of Escadrille N48, the head of a crowing cock can just barely be seen on the fuselage side of this Nie.17 number 1930
J.Bruce - Nieuport Fighters /Albatros/
Регистрационный номер: N.1803
N1803 was typical of the Vickers-armed version of the Nie.17 with overall ‘silver’ finish. A narrow (one rib-space) transparent area at the root end of each upper mainplane allowed more light to fall on the centrally-placed Vickers gun.
M.Schmeelke - Ballon Hoch /Centennial Perspective/ (91)

MdL Marcel Caree of the N 112 attacked a German balloon near Leffincourt on April 12, 1917, where he came under fire from the ground machine guns and had to make an emergency landing with the engine stopped.
H.Cowin - Aviation Pioneers /Osprey/
Регистрационный номер: N.1559
Ground view of late production Nieuport 17, serial no N1559. With these later machines the overwing Lewis gun was replaced by a synchronised .303 inch Vickers firing through the propeller arc. N1559 is in standard French markings. The fact that the machine is fined with a totally non-standard pitot/static tube, fined to the portside 'V' interplane strut, would indicate that N1559 was involved in development flying.
В.Кондратьев - Самолеты первой мировой войны
J.Herris - Weird Wings of WWI /Centennial Perspective/ (70)

Nieuport with three guns, two of them over-wing; the pilot was ace Pierre Gaudermann of Esc 68.
A.Durkota, T.Darcey, V.Kulikov - The Imperial Russian Air Service /Flying Machines/

Members of escadrille N.581 at Kamnietz-Padolsk November 1917, standing before the temporary hanger and the squadron's Nieuports,. The closest Nieuport has been equipped with Le Prieur rockets.
J.Bruce - Nieuport Fighters /Albatros/

A line of Nie.17s of Escadrille N.26. The two nearest aircraft are armed with Vickers guns; the others appear to have overwing Lewis guns.
J.Bruce - Nieuport Fighters /Albatros/
Регистрационный номер: N.1741
The marking on the fuselage of N1741 suggests that the aircraft belonged to Escadrille N.26. The individual numeral 3 was repeated on the starboard upper wing, and a cone de penetration was fitted.
J.Davilla, A.Soltan - French Aircraft of the First World War /Flying Machines/

Guynemer's Nieuport 17 of SPA 3. The cone de penetration was fixed; it was not a spinner.
K.Delve - World War One in the Air /Crowood/

The Nieuport squadrons played a vital role in wresting air superiority from the Germans around Verdun and over the French sectors south of the Somme. This Nieuport 17 served with Escadrille N3.
J.Davilla, A.Soltan - French Aircraft of the First World War /Flying Machines/

Camouflaged Nieuport 17 of Capitaine Auger of SPA 3 in October 1916.
J.Bruce - Nieuport Fighters /Albatros/
Регистрационный номер: N.1582
Lt. William Thaw's Nie.17, N1582, photographed at Luxeuil, displays typical French rudder serial and weights stencil application. Armament is a centrally-mounted Vickers gun. The intersections of the interplane bracing cables provided parking places for items of flying clothing.
J.Herris - Weird Wings of WWI /Centennial Perspective/ (70)

Above: Close-up of Gaudermann's Nieuport with three guns.
J.Davilla, A.Soltan - French Aircraft of the First World War /Flying Machines/

Nieuport 17 of Jacques Allez, possibly of N 65. The man-in-the-moon insignia was probably a personal marking.
A.Durkota, T.Darcey, V.Kulikov - The Imperial Russian Air Service /Flying Machines/

Believed to be Revol-Tissot in the cockpit of a Nieuport 17.
J.Bruce - Nieuport Fighters /Albatros/
Регистрационный номер: N.3509
N3509’s SFA serial number was applied in such small characters (in the rudder’s white stripe) that it is all but illegible in this photograph. The wasp emblem of Escadrille N.89 is eminently visible, however, and the aircraft is a Nie.17.
Сайт - Pilots-and-planes /WWW/
Регистрационный номер: N.2038
This Nie.17 numbered N2038 belonging to Escadrille N15 was named DEDETTE III and carried an elaborate helmet and plume in front of the numeral 7
M.Schmeelke - Ballon Hoch /Centennial Perspective/ (91)

The Nieuport 17 of the N68, flown by Marechal de Logis Blaise Preher, was forced to land by Lt. Gebhardt Saltzwedel of the Jasta 24 on April 11, 1917. On the lower wings, the sheet metal fairings on the V-struts can be seen, which prevented the risk of fire from the Le Prieur rockets.
J.Bruce - Nieuport Fighters /Albatros/
Регистрационный номер: N.1480
Charles Nungesser with his Nie.17, N1480, during a brief temporary attachment to Escadrille Ml 24, the Escadrille Lafayette. Like N1420, Nungesser’s aircraft had a natural-metal engine cowling and a cone de penetration. On it he shot down an Aviatik over Seuzey on July 21 1916.
J.Davilla, A.Soltan - French Aircraft of the First World War /Flying Machines/
Регистрационный номер: N.1490 [4]
Nieuport 17 N1490 of Escadrille N 124. As indicated by the fuselage insignia, this airplane was flown by Charles Nungesser after his 15th victory.
Jane's All The World Aircraft 1919 /Jane's/

The fore-part of a Nieuport 17 "destroyer" (1916-17 type).
H.Cowin - Aviation Pioneers /Osprey/

A foursome of Nieuport 17s belonging to the Escadrille Lafayette, or N 124, formed of French commanded American volunteer pilots. The brainchild of Norman Price, an American lawyer, the squadron came into being on 16 April 1916, as the Escadrille Americaine, its name being quickly changed to Lafayette following German diplomatic pressure. After serving honourably under the French flag for just under two years, the unit was transferred to US control on 18 February 1918 to become the 103rd Aero Squadron, with most of its pilots being put in command of other squadrons being formed at the time, thus helping to spread this pool of hard-won combat experience. Sadly, the squadron's creator, Norman Price, along with other unit members including Raoul Lufbery, James McConnell and Kiffen Rockwell were all to die in combat. Note the squadron's Indian Head emblem.
H.Cowin - Aviation Pioneers /Osprey/

The Nieuport 17 went into operational service in the late spring of 1916 being a bigger, better, more powerful development of the Nieuport 11 Bebe, minus the handling problems of the Ni 16. Powered by a 110hp Le Rhone, the Ni 17 had a top level speed of 107mph at 6.560 feet giving it a level speed advantage of around 13mph over the Halberstadt D II and 16mph compared with the Fokker E III. This, combined with its superior climb and agility saw the new French fighter outclassing its German opposition to the point where the German reaction was to have Euler and Siemens-Schuckert mimic the design by 'back-engineering' a captured Nieuport 17. The early production French-operated example seen here sported a 'cone de penetration', which, unlike a normal airscrew boss, remained stationary. However, like many adornments dreamt up by the aircraft builders, these cones failed to survive long in operational use. Despite the high speed manoeuvre limitations of the earlier Bebe also applying to the Ni 17, the fighter was built in quantities that approached the 1.000 aircraft mark, the type entering widespread service in France, with both the RFC and RNAS in Britain, Belgium, Italy - where 150 were licence-built by Macchi - The Netherlands and Romania.
A.Durkota, T.Darcey, V.Kulikov - The Imperial Russian Air Service /Flying Machines/

Gond in one of the squadron's Nieuports taking off to intercept the enemy. The Germans conducted hit and run raids on the airfield at Tecuci. On some occasions an advance call would come from headquarters, allowing the fighter pilots a few moments to become airborne before the enemy actually arrived.
В.Кондратьев - Самолеты первой мировой войны

Современная реплика "Ньюпора-17" в полете.

W.Green, G.Swanborough - The Complete Book of Fighters

An Nie 17 of the RFC, this particular example serving in Palestine with No 111 Squadron.
O.Thetford - Aircraft of the Royal Air Force since 1918 /Putnam/
H.Cowin - Aviation Pioneers /Osprey/
Регистрационный номер: B1566 [3]
H.Cowin - Aviation Pioneers /Osprey/
Регистрационный номер: B1556
The then Captain William Avery Bishop, photographed in the cockpit of his No 60 Squadron, RFC, Nieuport 17, serial no B 1556. Destined to survive World War I with a confirmed score of 72 victories, 'Billy' Bishop was born in Ontario, Canada, on 8 February 1894, Bishop was already a Lieutenant with a Canadian cavalry unit at the outbreak of war. As with other aces-to-be, Bishop started his flying career as an observer in Royal Aircraft Factory RE 7s of No 21 Squadron, RFC, during the autumn of 1915. Hospitalised with a knee injury sustained in a crash landing early in 1916, Bishop then underwent pilot training, following which he spent the rest of the year and early 1917 flying the Royal Aircraft Factory BE 2c with a UK-based anti-airship unit. In mid-March 1917, the young Canadian was posted to No 60 Squadron, RFC, operating Nieuports over the Western Front. Just over a week later, 'Billy' Bishop was to score his first 'kill'. During the next five months, Bishop's tally rose to 36, with his lone 2 June 1917 attack on a German airfield earning him the coveted Victoria Cross for exceptional bravery. After an enforced extended leave back in Canada, Major Bishop, as he now was, returned to France in mid-March to command the Royal Aircraft Factory SE 5a-equipped No 85 Squadron, RFC. Between then and 19 June 1918, 'Billy' Bishop doubled his score of confirmed victories before being effectively forced to quit operational flying for public relations reasons. Bishop returned to Canada after the war, where he helped create the Royal Canadian Air Force, becoming an Air Vice Marshal in the process. 'Billy' Bishop died on 11 September 1956.
J.Bruce - Nieuport Fighters /Albatros/
Регистрационный номер: B1514
This captured RFC Nieuport 17 was B1514 (though some official records list it as a Nie.23). It had been at No.1 AD by April 4 1917, and was with No.60 Squadron by April 22. On May 6 2/Lt. C W McKissock was obliged to land in enemy territory, and was made PoW. His aircraft had a cutaway cowling, and rocket-tube attachment points were on the interplane struts.
J.Bruce - Nieuport Fighters /Albatros/
Регистрационный номер: B1640
B1640 went to No.40 Squadron, RFC, on May 3 1917, but its operational career was brief. On May 13, Lt. A B Raymond was obliged to land in German-held territory, shot down by Ltn. Ermecke of Jasta 33.
J.Bruce - Nieuport Fighters /Albatros/
Регистрационный номер: B1683
A Nieuport of No.40 Squadron, RFC. In the cockpit is (it is believed) Lt. Gordon T Pettigrew, who is known to have sent down an Albatros D.V out of control on June 25 1917, while he was flying B1683.
J.Bruce - Nieuport Fighters /Albatros/
Регистрационный номер: A200, N.1553
The first of the RFC’s many Nie.17s was, like the Nie.16s that preceded it, a transfer from the RNAS. This was SFA N1553, which came to the RFC on July 19 1916, and was numbered A200. It had a cone de penetration and transparent panels in the upper wing. A200 went briefly to No.11 Squadron, RFC, but on August 28 1916, was transferred to No.60 Squadron. Albert Ball flew it on September 15, armed with Le Prieur rockets, bent on destroying enemy balloons. Frustrated because the balloons were hauled down, he fired his rockets at a German fighter; all missed, but Ball closed and shot down the enemy. His Nieuport must have been hit, possibly by defensive ground fire, for it was sent to No.2 AD for repair on September 16. The aircraft returned to No.60 Squadron on December 16. Early in February 1917 it suffered the wing distortion that affected several Nieuports but evidently survived. Following damage late in March, it went to No.2 AD on March
J.Bruce - Nieuport Fighters /Albatros/

The size and proportions of the cone de penetration of the Nie. 17 can be assessed from this photograph of Lt. Albert Ball, taken in the garden of his Nottingham home while he was on leave. The RFC seemed to be quick to discard this refinement from its early Nieuports, which is probably why Ball was allowed to have his as a souvenir. It was painted red.
J.Bruce - Nieuport Fighters /Albatros/
Регистрационный номер: A6787, A6788
The Nie.17s of ‘C’ Flight, No.29 Squadron, RFC. The aircraft at right, marked 5C, is A6788, which was at No.1 AD by March 30 1917. It went to No.29 Squadron on April 9, was sent to No.2 AD for repair on May 19, but evidently returned to the unit and was finally sent to No.l AD on December 2 1917. Beside it stands A6787, which was at No.1 AD by March 27 1917, and went to No.29 Squadron on April 9. On May 11, Lt. A S Shephard on this aircraft destroyed an Albatros D.III; and the Nieuport was sent to No.2 AD for repair on June 15.

J.Bruce - Nieuport Fighters /Albatros/

Most of the assorted Nieuports acquired by the United States Air Service were used for training purposes in France. This Nie.17 was photographed at Issoudun, wearing on its fuselage the number 31 in large characters, plus ‘15m’ in smaller characters, presumably to intimate that this was a Nieuport with 15 sq. m. wing area.
J.Bruce - Nieuport Fighters /Albatros/

An Escadrille Lafayette pilot, Dudley Hill, in a Nie.17 that had both a Vickers gun and an overwing Lewis. The increased fire-power was doubtless valuable, but the additional gun must have reduced the aircraft's performance seriously.
H.Cowin - Aviation Pioneers /Osprey/

Despite having been born in France of French parentage, Raoul Gervais Victor Lufbery has deservedly gone into the annals of aviation as one of the brave young men who helped in the forging of US military aviation during World War I. Lufbery was born on 14 March 1885, emigrating with his parents to the US at the stare of the 1890s. At seventeen and footloose, Lufbery ran away from home, travelling to Europe and the Middle East before returning to the US to join the Army as a rifleman. It was the US Army that furthered his knowledge of the world by sending him to the Philippines, from where, on Army discharge, he proceeded to explore South East Asia in 1910. Two years on and Lufbery's path crosses that of French pilot, Marc Pourpe, who hired Lufbery as the mechanic for his Bleriot. At the outbreak of war both men were still together and, by now, back in France, Pourpe volunteered and with his previous flying experience soon found himself with Escadrille N 23. Initially rejected as a foreigner by the French authorities, Lufbery was contemplating joining the French Foreign Legion when Pourpe, in need of a tried and trusted mechanic, intervened on his behalf. Sadly, shortly after rejoining Pourpe, his benefactor was killed. During the late spring of 1915, Lufbery was selected for pilot training, gaining his 'wings' on 29 July 1915. His introduction to combat came in October 1915 piloting two seater Voisins with Escadrille VB 106. Happily for Lufbery, he was selected for single seaters early in 1916 and following type conversion training joined the Nieuport 11-equipped Escadrille Lafayette on 24 May 1916. French-led, this unit was manned by American volunteer pilots. Here, within the space of less than five months, Lufbery made his mark by becoming an ace, that is having amassed the necessary five 'kills', on 12 October 1916. Commissioned in early 1917, Lufbery continued flying for the French with the Escadrille Lafayette until January 1918, when the unit and its personnel were transferred to the American Expeditionary Forces's control. By now holding the US rank of major, Lufbery was given command of the 94th Aero, equipped with Nieuport 28s. This unit became operational on 19 March 1918 and two months later Raoul Lufbery was killed after falling from his blazing Nieuport on 19 May 1918. Seen here standing besides his Nieuport 17, with its Escadrille Lafayette's Indian Head emblem. Lufbery's ultimate confirmed score stood at 17 'kills'.
Сайт - Pilots-and-planes /WWW/

A Nie.17, one of the single seat trainers used by a United States' flying training school in France, hence the retention of the tricolor roundels
H.Cowin - Aviation Pioneers /Osprey/

Both manpower and material were major initial contributions America brought to the war as pictured by these US Army Signal Corps mechanics re-assembling Nieuport 17s at Issoudun in France during May 1917. After August 1917, Issoudun was to become the biggest and best known of the sixteen American advanced flying training schools established in France. At the time of the Armistice, these flying training schools were producing around 2.000 pilots per month, including those undergoing refresher training.

J.Bruce - Nieuport Fighters /Albatros/

A close-up of a Duks-built Nie. 17 said to have been taken at the firm's Moscow factory.
A.Durkota, T.Darcey, V.Kulikov - The Imperial Russian Air Service /Flying Machines/

Nieuport 17, pilot and unit unknown. The aircraft's rudder was decorated with a white witch's head on black background.
A.Durkota, T.Darcey, V.Kulikov - The Imperial Russian Air Service /Flying Machines/

Nieuport 17 of the 19th Corps Detachment. Cyrillic letters denote 'BOB.' The pennant of orange and black denotes the orange and black colors for the Order of Saint George. The white skull on black rudder was a unit marking.
H.Nowarra, G.Duval - Russian Civil and Military Aircraft 1884-1969

Nieuport 17 of No. 1 Fighter Group, displaying the white skull and crossbones originally identifying the XIX (Death or Glory) Corps Air Squadron. The fuselage inscription reads ‘Bob’. The significance of the name ‘Bob' is not known.
A.Durkota, T.Darcey, V.Kulikov - The Imperial Russian Air Service /Flying Machines/

A Nieuport 17 of the 19th Corps Fighter Detachment, nicknamed the "Death or Glory" detachment because of the unusual unit markings (white or black skull) applied to the rudder of each aircraft.
A.Durkota, T.Darcey, V.Kulikov - The Imperial Russian Air Service /Flying Machines/

A Nieuport 17 from the 19th Corps Fighter Detachment.
A.Durkota, T.Darcey, V.Kulikov - The Imperial Russian Air Service /Flying Machines/

Praporschik Longin Lipsky with his Nieuport 17. Lipsky teamed with Smirnov to obtain several victories.
A.Durkota, T.Darcey, V.Kulikov - The Imperial Russian Air Service /Flying Machines/

Makeenok, standing second from left, scored several of his victories in this Nieuport 17. This machine's unusual markings included a rudder adorned with a white owl on black shield. The side of the fuselage has a painting depicting a young girl in white dress, carrying a sword and cross. An unfurling flag is located diagonally from her right arm and flowing down across her feet. The flag's colors are unknown but presumed to be Polish in nature. Reportedly, this image was applied to both sides of the aircraft.
A.Durkota, T.Darcey, V.Kulikov - The Imperial Russian Air Service /Flying Machines/

Nieuport 17s from the 7th Fighter Detachment, spring 1917. Yanchenko's aircraft (to right of photo) was a Dux-built Nieuport 17. An extra Madsen machine gun is mounted on the top wing and there is a black shield insignia on white background.
A.Durkota, T.Darcey, V.Kulikov - The Imperial Russian Air Service /Flying Machines/

Nieuport 21 of the 7th Fighter Detachment flown by Grochowalski. The rudder had a black shield which displayed the Order of Saint George, Fourth Class. Grochowalski survived the war with one victory and later became a key figure in the establishment of the Polish Air Force during 1919-20.
A.Durkota, T.Darcey, V.Kulikov - The Imperial Russian Air Service /Flying Machines/
A.Durkota, T.Darcey, V.Kulikov - The Imperial Russian Air Service /Flying Machines/
Регистрационный номер: N.3224
French-built Nieuport 17 (serial 3224). Overall finish of this French-supplied machine was silver.
K.Delve - World War One in the Air /Crowood/

The Eastern Front remained very much a ground war although air operations did grow in importance during 1916; the Russians continued to rely on foreign aircraft, such as this Nieuport 17.
A.Durkota, T.Darcey, V.Kulikov - The Imperial Russian Air Service /Flying Machines/

Russian Ensign Alexander Riaboff standing beside his Nieuport 17. His personal marking was the detailed image of Il'ya Muromets flying on an eagle's back which appeared on the rudder.
L.Andersson - Soviet Aircraft and Aviation 1917-1941 /Putnam/

The first aircraft used by the RKKVF were French types taken over from the Imperial Russian Air Fleet in 1917. This Nieuport fighter has an interesting and unusual type of national insignia.
H.Nowarra, G.Duval - Russian Civil and Military Aircraft 1884-1969

Nieuport 17 at Kiev retains Imperial roundels.
A.Durkota, T.Darcey, V.Kulikov - The Imperial Russian Air Service /Flying Machines/

Pishvanov seated in the cockpit of his Nieuport 17 fighter, circa summer 1917.
A.Durkota, T.Darcey, V.Kulikov - The Imperial Russian Air Service /Flying Machines/

Dux-built Nieuport 17 with roundels in 14 positions. The unit and date are unknown; however, the red star that appears on the rudder roundel indicates the civil war period. The unusual serpent markings run the length of the fuselage.
A.Durkota, T.Darcey, V.Kulikov - The Imperial Russian Air Service /Flying Machines/

Nieuport 17 fighter being positioned on the airfield for a mid-day patrol. The Nieuport was a very light aircraft and easily moved by several men as illustrated by this photograph. Loiko obtained four of his confirmed victories in this type.
D.Mechin - Foreign Fronts of the French Air Force 1914-1919 /Aeronaut/

Nieuport 17s of the N 581 squadron guarded by a sentry at Kolotche (today Holhocha, Ukraine) where the unit settled on June 20, 1917, just before the Kerenski offensive (Coll. Albin Denis)
В.Шавров - История конструкций самолетов в СССР до 1938 г.

"Ньюпор-XVII"
A.Durkota, T.Darcey, V.Kulikov - The Imperial Russian Air Service /Flying Machines/

Members of the 1st Corps Detachment conduct Sunday Mass. The detachment's aircraft (Nieuport 17s and 21s) have been positioned around a make-shift alter.
A.Durkota, T.Darcey, V.Kulikov - The Imperial Russian Air Service /Flying Machines/

The lineup of Nieuports of the 11th Corps Detachment on the Galician Front. Federov served with this unit during 1917. The Star of David, the squadron insignia, is visible on the rudder of the two planes to the right.
A.Durkota, T.Darcey, V.Kulikov - The Imperial Russian Air Service /Flying Machines/

Aircraft of the First Combat Air Group lined up in Galicia, April 1917 The first four machines (Nieuport 17, Spad 7, Nieuport 10, and Dux-built Nieuport 17) were used by Kozakov and have rudders decorated with dark skulls on white backgrounds, opposite of other aircraft in the 19th Corps Detachment.
The field of Jezerzany is also occupied by the 1st Combat Group of the Russian Air Force (1st BAG), gathering three fighter squadrons, and led by Captain Alexander Kazakov. While the staff aircraft (the four planes in the foreground) bear a black skull and crossbones on a white background, those of the 19th KAO bear the same skull and crossbones with white reversed colors on a black background. In the background, 6 Nieuports of the 4th KAO can be seen wearing a white six-pointed star on a red background, then, barely visible, the aircraft of the 2nd KAO wearing a yellow ace of spades on a black background, or vice versa.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Nieuport Nieuport-10 - Франция - 1915 SPAD S.VII (Spa 7C-1) - Франция - 1916
A.Durkota, T.Darcey, V.Kulikov - The Imperial Russian Air Service /Flying Machines/

Aircraft of the 19th Fighter Detachment lined up at Guilche airfield, Galicia, April 1917. The mix of Nieuports (types 10, 16, and 17) are both French-and Russian-built. The Morane Saulnier I was used by Smirnov to score two victories. Standard detachment markings were black skull on white rudder or white skull on black rudder.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Morane-Saulnier N/I/V (Morane-Monocoque) - Франция - 1914 Nieuport Nieuport-10 - Франция - 1915 Nieuport Nieuport-11/16 Bebe - Франция - 1915
H.Nowarra, G.Duval - Russian Civil and Military Aircraft 1884-1969

1st Red Air Force fighter unit, 1918;
H.Nowarra, G.Duval - Russian Civil and Military Aircraft 1884-1969

Airfield scene at Petrograd in 1917. The aircraft shown are a Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutter, Caudron G.4, Nieuport 24bis and Nieuport 17.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Caudron G.4 - Франция - 1915 Nieuport Nieuport-17bis/24/27 - Франция - 1917 Sopwith 1 1/2-Strutter - Великобритания - 1915
H.Nowarra, G.Duval - Russian Civil and Military Aircraft 1884-1969

Spads, Nieuports, 1 1/2 Strutters and Farmans of the Red Air Force.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Farman F.30 - Франция - 1915 Sopwith 1 1/2-Strutter - Великобритания - 1915 SPAD S.VII (Spa 7C-1) - Франция - 1916
H.Nowarra, G.Duval - Russian Civil and Military Aircraft 1884-1969

Kazan Air Detachment, 1919.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Sopwith 1 1/2-Strutter - Великобритания - 1915
H.Nowarra, G.Duval - Russian Civil and Military Aircraft 1884-1969

Nieuports and Farmans under construction at the Dux factory in Moscow. Founded in 1910, this concern also built Voisin and Morane aircraft. By mid-1917 Dux was producing two machines a day.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Farman F.30 - Франция - 1915
A.Durkota, T.Darcey, V.Kulikov - The Imperial Russian Air Service /Flying Machines/

Dux Nieuports which appear finished and ready for delivery. This building, obviously not the factory, is most likely a storage facility to house the completed airplanes until shipment.

J.Bruce - Nieuport Fighters /Albatros/

Believed to be in Belgian service, this Vickers-armed Nie.17, evidently in use in July 1917, had a quartered square marking, probably in red and white.
J.Bruce - Nieuport Fighters /Albatros/

With a name perhaps chosen to proclaim the bloodthirstiness of its pilot, this Belgian Nie.17 had, by way of emphasis, both Vickers and Lewis guns.
W.Pieters - The Belgian Air Service in the First World War /Aeronaut/

A Breguet from 2me Esc failed to return from a recce-mission on 22 October 1918. Adjt Rene Gerard and Capt Victor Biver were shot down by ground fire and taken prisoner.

J.Davilla - Italian Aviation in the First World War. Vol.3: Aircraft M-W /Centennial Perspective/ (75)

A French-built Nieuport 17 in Italian service
R.Gentilli - Italian Aviation Units in the First World War. Vol.3 /Aeronaut/ (3)

The ace serg. Giovanni Nicelli.
R.Gentilli - Italian Aviation Units in the First World War. Vol.2 /Aeronaut/ (2)
Регистрационный номер: N.1893
Cap. Giorgio Chiaperotti in a brand-new French Nieuport 17 at Villaverla.The photo is signed with a dedication to his Group commander. (Archive De Antoni).
R.Gentilli - Italian Aviation Units in the First World War. Vol.3 /Aeronaut/ (3)
Регистрационный номер: N.2614 [4]
Baracca scored his first victories in May 1917 flying Nieuport 17 2614, showing his insignia of the black prancing horse. (Archive Lino Schifano)
R.Gentilli - Italian Aviation Units in the First World War. Vol.5 /Aeronaut/ (5)
Регистрационный номер: N.2614 [4]
A bullet hole through the rudder of Baracca's Nieuport 17 2614.
R.Gentilli - Italian Aviation Units in the First World War. Vol.2 /Aeronaut/ (2)
Регистрационный номер: NI.3647 [3]
Italian-built Nieuport 17 3647 of the 71a Squadriglia at Villaverla.
A Macchi-built Nie.17, presumably Vickers-armed. The presentation of the serial number, Ni.3647, is typical of Italian practice, and it is noteworthy that the roundels on the upper wing do not extend over the ailerons.
R.Gentilli - Italian Aviation Units in the First World War. Vol.3 /Aeronaut/ (3)
Регистрационный номер: NI.3625 [2]
Nieuport 17 3625 fell in Austrian hands, together with Pomilio PD 3818. (Archive Jiry Cejka)

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Pomilio PC / PD / PE - Италия - 1916
R.Gentilli - Italian Aviation Units in the First World War. Vol.3 /Aeronaut/ (3)
Регистрационный номер: NI.2613
French-built Nieuport 17 2613 of the 77a Squadriglia.
R.Gentilli - Italian Aviation Units in the First World War. Vol.3 /Aeronaut/ (3)

Mario De Bernardi in the cockpit of a brand new French-built Nieuport 17 carrying the Vickers machine gun. (Archive Fiorenzo Longhi)
R.Gentilli - Italian Aviation Units in the First World War. Vol.3 /Aeronaut/ (3)
Регистрационный номер: NI.3632 [3]
Alongside the 450 locally-built Nieuport 11s, Nieuport-Macchi also produced a follow-on batch of 150 Nieuport 17s. Seen here with its proud, young pilot is serial no Ni 3632. Note the command pennant that partially obscures the first letter of the aircraft's serial no.
R.Gentilli - Italian Aviation Units in the First World War. Vol.3 /Aeronaut/ (3)

Sergente Cesare Magistrini; after the war he was an airline pilot, reaching 20,000 flight hours.
J.Davilla - Italian Aviation in the First World War. Vol.3: Aircraft M-W /Centennial Perspective/ (75)
Регистрационный номер: NI.3664 [3]
Giannino Ancillotto of 80a Squadriglia in the cockpit of his Nieuport 17 #3664.
Z.Czirok - Austro-Hungarian Fighter Units of WWI. Volume 11 /Aeronaut/ (1)
Регистрационный номер: NI.3664 [3]
Ten. Giovanni Ancilotto was participant in the air battle over the airfield at San Fior on 28th October 1918. (Roberto Gentilli)
J.Davilla - Italian Aviation in the First World War. Vol.3: Aircraft M-W /Centennial Perspective/ (75)
Регистрационный номер: NI.3602 [2]
Sgt. Pagliari of 70a Squadriglia and his Nieuport 17 #3602 in spring 1917.
J.Bruce - Nieuport Fighters /Albatros/
Регистрационный номер: NI.3656 [2]
A portrait study of Sergente Ferrucio Zampieri of the 77a Squadriglia in Ni.3656, a Nie.17 bearing the unit’s emblem of a red heart on white disc, superimposed on the position of the fuselage roundel.
R.Gentilli - Italian Aviation Units in the First World War. Vol.3 /Aeronaut/ (3)
Регистрационный номер: NI.3592
Nieuport 17 3592 with an elaborate version of the star, insignia of the 80a Squadriglia. (Archive Luigino Caliaro)
J.Bruce - Nieuport Fighters /Albatros/

A Nie.17 of uncertain nationality, possibly in an Italian unit, or a French escadrille in Italy. The skull-and-crossbones emblem might even suggest a connexion with the 19th Squadron of the Imperial Russian Air Service. What is clear here is the centrally placed securing point for the absent Vickers gun.
R.Gentilli - Italian Aviation Units in the First World War. Vol.3 /Aeronaut/ (3)
Регистрационный номер: NI.3130
All the pilots of 76a Squadriglia in front of French-built Ni.17 3130. From the left, Fanti, Olivero, Appiani, Retino, Venchiarutti, De Carolis, Olivi, Bonavoglia, Arrigoni.
R.Gentilli - Italian Aviation Units in the First World War. Vol.3 /Aeronaut/ (3)

Ten. Ruffo di Calabria in his Nieuport 17 with a macabre insignia.
R.Gentilli - Italian Aviation Units in the First World War. Vol.3 /Aeronaut/ (3)
Регистрационный номер: NI.3568
Nieuport 17 3568 in Albania; in the center of the roundel there is a personal insignia, too small to be deciphered. This fighter returned to Italy and was assigned to the flying school at Busto Arsizio.
R.Gentilli - Italian Aviation Units in the First World War. Vol.3 /Aeronaut/ (3)
Регистрационный номер: NI.3132
S.ten. Aldo Anesini with Nieuport 17 3132 with both a Vickers and a Lewis gun, and a roundel over the deck of the fuselage.
R.Gentilli - Italian Aviation Units in the First World War. Vol.3 /Aeronaut/ (3)
Регистрационный номер: NI.3587
Nieuport 17 3587 of the 81a Squadriglia. (Archive Luigino Caliaro)
R.Gentilli - Italian Aviation Units in the First World War. Vol.3 /Aeronaut/ (3)

Sergente Giovanni Riva in a Nieuport 17 showing the simple markings of the 78a Squadriglia, a pennant.
R.Gentilli - Italian Aviation Units in the First World War. Vol.3 /Aeronaut/ (3)

The Nieuport 17 of Tesei. The caption says: "It raised the wrath of the Supreme Command for the innocent good luck charm painted on the rudder."
R.Gentilli - Italian Aviation Units in the First World War. Vol.3 /Aeronaut/ (3)
Регистрационный номер: NI.2614
The prancing horse appeared on both sides of Nieuport 2614, here showing oil stains after a flight.
R.Gentilli - Italian Aviation Units in the First World War. Vol.3 /Aeronaut/ (3)

Serg. Cerutti, wearing a woman's stocking as a hat, and serg. Imolesi in front of a Nieuport 17, that is armed with just a Lewis; the Vickers gun is missing.
R.Gentilli - Italian Aviation Units in the First World War. Vol.3 /Aeronaut/ (3)

Prince Ruffo progressed with a series of ever more realistic and scary skulls.
R.Gentilli - Italian Aviation Units in the First World War. Vol.3 /Aeronaut/ (3)

Sergente Imolesi in a Nieuport 17 adorned with a horse shoe. This fighter is fitted with a Vickers and a Lewis gun.
R.Gentilli - Italian Aviation Units in the First World War. Vol.3 /Aeronaut/ (3)
Регистрационный номер: NI.3700 [2]
General Di Robilant, commander of the 4a Armata, visiting the 2s Sezione, 83a Squadriglia, at San Pietro in Campo.
R.Gentilli - Italian Aviation Units in the First World War. Vol.2 /Aeronaut/ (2)
Регистрационный номер: NI.3123
French-built Nieuport 17 3123 and a Spad of 71a Squadriglia at Villaverla. The pilot is the gallant serg. Francesco Tola, who earned two Silver Medals.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: SPAD S.VII (Spa 7C-1) - Франция - 1916
R.Gentilli - Italian Aviation Units in the First World War. Vol.3 /Aeronaut/ (3)

The Nieuport 17 of ace Baracchini showing his insignia, a black shield. (Archive Luigino Caliaro)
R.Gentilli - Italian Aviation Units in the First World War. Vol.3 /Aeronaut/ (3)
Регистрационный номер: NI.3606
Captured Nieuport 17 3606, that got the Austrian serial 00.60. (Archive Zoltan Czirok)
R.Gentilli - Italian Aviation Units in the First World War. Vol.3 /Aeronaut/ (3)

A French Nieuport 17 with both a Vickers and a Lewis gun.
R.Gentilli - Italian Aviation Units in the First World War. Vol.3 /Aeronaut/ (3)
Регистрационный номер: NI.2618
French-built Nieuport 17 2618 of the 75a Squadriglia.
R.Gentilli - Italian Aviation Units in the First World War. Vol.3 /Aeronaut/ (3)

Pilots with a French-built Nieuport 17. The Vickers machine gun is not fitted, there is a Lewis gun on the top wing.
J.Davilla - Italian Aviation in the First World War. Vol.3: Aircraft M-W /Centennial Perspective/ (75)

Pilot with his Nieuport 17. The synchronized machine gun was an improvement compared to the over-wing mounting of the Nieuport 11.
J.Davilla - Italian Aviation in the First World War. Vol.1: Operations /Centennial Perspective/ (73)

This photo of Baracca dates from approximately May 1917, relatively soon after he joined the 91st squadron, known as the La Squadriglia Degli Assi (the aces squadron), and shows Baracca's first use of his now famous prancing horse insignia, the symbol which is now used by Ferrari cars after Enrico Ferrari was given permission for its use by Barraca's mother after the war.
R.Gentilli - Italian Aviation Units in the First World War. Vol.2 /Aeronaut/ (2)

Three French-built Nieuport 17s, the first one of serg. Poli, the second one, with skull and crossbones, of ten. Ruffo, and the third one, with the prancing horse, of cap. Baracca.
J.Davilla - Italian Aviation in the First World War. Vol.3: Aircraft M-W /Centennial Perspective/ (75)

Squadriglia lineup of Nieuport 17s in Italian service. The second one, with skull and crossbones, is the plane of ace Fulco Ruffo di Calabria, the third one with prancing horse of ace Francesco Baracca.
R.Gentilli - Italian Aviation Units in the First World War. Vol.2 /Aeronaut/ (2)

A line-up of the 70a Squadriglia; four Nieuport 11 and three Nieuport 17.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Nieuport Nieuport-11/16 Bebe - Франция - 1915
R.Gentilli - Italian Aviation Units in the First World War. Vol.3 /Aeronaut/ (3)

The fighters of the 76a Squadriglia. The second Ni.11 carries Le Prieur rockets, the ninth airplane is a French-built Nieuport 17.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Nieuport Nieuport-11/16 Bebe - Франция - 1915
J.Davilla - Italian Aviation in the First World War. Vol.3: Aircraft M-W /Centennial Perspective/ (75)

Lineup of Nieuport 17s of 77a Squadriglia at Aiello.
R.Gentilli - Italian Aviation Units in the First World War. Vol.3 /Aeronaut/ (3)

Three different types, Spad, Nieuport 11, and Nieuport 17, of the 77a Squadriglia at Aiello.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Nieuport Nieuport-11/16 Bebe - Франция - 1915 SPAD S.VII (Spa 7C-1) - Франция - 1916
R.Gentilli - Italian Aviation Units in the First World War. Vol.3 /Aeronaut/ (3)

The fighters of the 77a Squadriglia at Aiello.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Nieuport Nieuport-11/16 Bebe - Франция - 1915 SPAD S.VII (Spa 7C-1) - Франция - 1916
R.Gentilli - Italian Aviation Units in the First World War. Vol.3 /Aeronaut/ (3)

The long line-up of the Nieuport 17s of the 85a Squadriglia at Tahiraqua, Albania.
R.Gentilli - Italian Aviation Units in the First World War. Vol.3 /Aeronaut/ (3)

A Nieuport 11, an Hanriot, and a Nieuport 17 of the 82a Squadriglia at Padua. In the background there are three Capronis and two SVAs of the 87a Squadriglia.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Ansaldo SVA.2/3/4/5 - Италия - 1917 Caproni Ca.1 - Ca.3 (Ca.30 - Ca.36) - Италия - 1914 Hanriot HD.1 - Франция - 1916 Nieuport Nieuport-11/16 Bebe - Франция - 1915
R.Gentilli - Italian Aviation Units in the First World War. Vol.3 /Aeronaut/ (3)

The long line-up of the Nieuport 17s of the 85a Squadriglia at Tahiraqua, Albania.
R.Gentilli - Italian Aviation Units in the First World War. Vol.3 /Aeronaut/ (3)

Two Hanriots and two Ni.17s of the 78a Squadriglia at Borgnano.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Hanriot HD.1 - Франция - 1916
J.Davilla - Italian Aviation in the First World War. Vol.3: Aircraft M-W /Centennial Perspective/ (75)
R.Gentilli - Italian Aviation Units in the First World War. Vol.3 /Aeronaut/ (3)

Fighters of the of the flight of the 79a Squadriglia at Nove di Bassano in early 1918, with a Ni.27 with unusual supports for a gun over the top wing, two Ni.17 and a Hanriot, in the background a SVA of the 2a Sezione.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Ansaldo SVA.2/3/4/5 - Италия - 1917 Hanriot HD.1 - Франция - 1916 Nieuport Nieuport-17bis/24/27 - Франция - 1917
R.Gentilli - Italian Aviation Units in the First World War. Vol.3 /Aeronaut/ (3)
Регистрационный номер: NI.3619, NI.3700 [2]
Nieuport 17s of the 3a Sezione. The third airplane, 3619, seems to have a darker color on the top wing.
R.Gentilli - Italian Aviation Units in the First World War. Vol.3 /Aeronaut/ (3)
Регистрационный номер: NI.3632 [3]
The brand-new Nieuport 17s of the 2a Sezione, 83a Squadriglia.
R.Gentilli - Italian Aviation Units in the First World War. Vol.3 /Aeronaut/ (3)
Регистрационный номер: NI.3620, NI.3632 [3]
Squadriglia lineup of Nieuport 17s in Italian service; #3632 at left, followed by 3620 at right.
R.Gentilli - Italian Aviation Units in the First World War. Vol.3 /Aeronaut/ (3)

A mixed line of Spads and Nieuports of different models in Macedonia.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: SPAD S.VII (Spa 7C-1) - Франция - 1916
R.Gentilli - Italian Aviation Units in the First World War. Vol.3 /Aeronaut/ (3)

A ceremony for the award of medals at Aiello airfield, probably on 2 October 1917, with an apparently new Nieuport 17 of 80a Squadriglia. The Duke of Aosta, commander of the 3a Armata, is in the center, with crossed arms, to his right Gen. Maggiorotti and to his left Col. Moizo, of the air force command. It is remarkable that after two and a half years of war so few medal ribbons are to be seen.
R.Gentilli - Italian Aviation Units in the First World War. Vol.4 /Aeronaut/ (4)

Ca.3 4175 of the 201a Squadriglia at Marcon carries the Lion of St. Mark on its nose, behind it a Nieuport 17 of the 80a Squadriglia.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Caproni Ca.1 - Ca.3 (Ca.30 - Ca.36) - Италия - 1914
R.Gentilli - Italian Aviation Units in the First World War. Vol.2 /Aeronaut/ (2)

Caudron G.4 2062 of the 43a Squadriglia; behind it is a Nieuport 17 of the defense flight attached to this unit. (Archive Achille Vigna)

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Caudron G.4 - Франция - 1915

J.Davilla, A.Soltan - French Aircraft of the First World War /Flying Machines/
Регистрационный номер: N.1831 [5]
Nieuport 17 N 1831 flown by Lt. Santa Maria which was captured by the Germans. The aircraft was brought down by FI. Abt. 65. J.M. Bruce/G.S. Leslie via Colin Owers.
K.Delve - World War One in the Air /Crowood/
Регистрационный номер: N.1831 [5]
Nieuport 17 in German hands.
Журнал - Flight за 1917 г.
Регистрационный номер: N.1831 [5]
Nieuport single-seater fighter, Type 17, with fixed machine gun.
Журнал - Flight за 1917 г.
Регистрационный номер: N.1831 [5]
Nieuport single-seater fighter, Type 17, with fixed machine gun.
Журнал - Flight за 1918 г.
Регистрационный номер: N.1831 [5]
THE LONG AND THE SHORT OF IT. - A Handley-Page bomber and a Nieuport single-seater are objects for Hun curiosity.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Handley Page O/100 / H.P.11 - Великобритания - 1915
J.Bruce - Nieuport Fighters /Albatros/

A Nie.17, formerly of Escadrille NAS (the cockerel’s head part of the escadrille’s well-known marking can be seen to left of the German cross on the fuselage) but here pressed into instructional service with the Jastaschule at Valenciennes.

J.Bruce - Nieuport Fighters /Albatros/

A Nie.17 of the Estonian air force, photographed at Tallinn in 1925.
J.Bruce - Nieuport Fighters /Albatros/
Регистрационный номер: 1D.453
Among the motley collection of Nieuports operated by the Finnish air service in its earliest years was this Duks-built Nie.17. Initially numbered D86/18, it was given the new identity of ID453, and was in service during the period 1918 - 1923. In Winter it was flown with a ski undercarriage. It could have been one of two Nie.17s (N1899 and N1900) that were flown to Finland in April 1918 by two White Russian officers, Captains Igor and Oleg Zaizewsky.

Jane's All The World Aircraft 1919 /Jane's/
Регистрационный номер: N.1466
Three-quarter rear view of the type XXIII Nieuport.
J.Bruce - Nieuport Fighters /Albatros/

In the Nie.23 the Vickers gun was slightly to starboard of centre, its interrupter gear being actuated by a cam on the engine’s distributor ring. The disposition of fuselage cross members was revised to serve as a mounting for the gun. The Nie.23 in this photograph was an aircraft of Escadrille N. 506, the Escadrille d’Athene.
D.Mechin - Foreign Fronts of the French Air Force 1914-1919 /Aeronaut/
Регистрационный номер: N.3363 [5]
Close-up view of Nieuport 23 n°3363 of MdL Edouard Comiglion. Very fluent in Italian language, he decorated his aircraft with the Italian imprecation "Ocio! Fiol d'un can" which translates as "Beware, son of a dog" (Paolo Varriale)
J.Davilla, A.Soltan - French Aircraft of the First World War /Flying Machines/
Регистрационный номер: N.3363 [5]
Nieuport 24bis (23 ???) serial number 3363 of N 561 escorting an Italian seaplane. N 561 was assigned to the protection of Venice and remained in Italy until the end of the war.
D.Mechin - Foreign Fronts of the French Air Force 1914-1919 /Aeronaut/
Регистрационный номер: N.3363 [5]
Close-up view of Nieuport 23 n°3363 of MdL Edouard Comiglion. Very fluent in Italian language, he decorated his aircraft with the Italian imprecation "Ocio! Fiol d'un can" which translates as "Beware, son of a dog" (Paolo Varriale)
D.Mechin - Foreign Fronts of the French Air Force 1914-1919 /Aeronaut/
Регистрационный номер: N.2100 [2], N.3361 [3], N.3363 [5]
View of the hangars of the Lido airfield, base of escadrille N 561, at the end of the summer of 1917. One can see three Nieuport 23s on alert: lieutenant Frederic Loiseau's n°3361 "Elefante Nero", marechal des logis Edouard Corniglion's n°3363 "Ocio - Fiol d'un can", and sergent Ivan Marcou's n°2100 "Rondinella". At this date, all the aircraft of the squadron carry a personal decoration. (Paolo Varriale)
D.Mechin - Foreign Fronts of the French Air Force 1914-1919 /Aeronaut/
Регистрационный номер: N.3361 [3]
Views of Lieutenant Frederic Loiseau's Nieuport 23 #3361 flying over the city of Venice. His Nieuport was christened "Elefante nero", or "Angry Elephant". (SHD)
D.Mechin - Foreign Fronts of the French Air Force 1914-1919 /Aeronaut/
Регистрационный номер: N.3361 [3]
Nieuport 23 of Loiseau in flight.
D.Mechin - Oriental Adventures of the French Air force 1914-1918 /Aeronaut/

Nieuport 23 from escadrille 506 near Florina during year 1917, with Capitaine de Thezy, the commanding officer, on the foreground.
D.Mechin - Oriental Adventures of the French Air force 1914-1918 /Aeronaut/

Escadrille N 391 at Topcin in March 1917, after having received Nieuport 23s with 110 hp engines. We note that the aircraft do not bear any particular marking.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Nieuport Nieuport-10 - Франция - 1915
D.Mechin - Oriental Adventures of the French Air force 1914-1918 /Aeronaut/

Alignment of Nieuport 23 of escadrille 523 in June 1917, now stationed at Vertekop. Two SPAD VII's can be seen on the right. The Nieuports all bear personal symbols, although on several of them a flower seems to be visible (Collection Albin Denis)

Другие самолёты на фотографии: SPAD S.VII (Spa 7C-1) - Франция - 1916
D.Mechin - Oriental Adventures of the French Air force 1914-1918 /Aeronaut/

Line-up of three Nieuport 23s of escadrille 523 at Vertekop during the summer of 1917. All have a tactical number, but no squadron or personal insignia. (Collection Albin Denis)
D.Mechin - Oriental Adventures of the French Air force 1914-1918 /Aeronaut/

Corporal Emile Delauzun, mechanic of escadrille 523, poses in front of a Nieuport 23 of the unit at Vertekop on August 13, 1917 (Collection Albin Denis)
D.Mechin - Oriental Adventures of the French Air force 1914-1918 /Aeronaut/

Dieudonne Costes, ace of the aces of the Front d'Orient (left), in front of the Nieuports of his squadron at the end of 1917. (Collection Benoit Henriet)
D.Mechin - Oriental Adventures of the French Air force 1914-1918 /Aeronaut/

Sergent Charles Fugier at the commands of his Nieuport 23 belonging to the escort section of escadrille 521, in late 1917. In front of the propeller is his mechanic, soldier Faux. (Collection Albin Denis)
D.Mechin - Oriental Adventures of the French Air force 1914-1918 /Aeronaut/

Nieuport 23 of sergent Maxime Hantz, decorated with the panther insignia. (Collection Albin Denis)
D.Mechin - Oriental Adventures of the French Air force 1914-1918 /Aeronaut/

Nieuport 23 of sergent Maxime Hantz, decorated with the panther insignia. (Collection Albin Denis)
D.Mechin - Oriental Adventures of the French Air force 1914-1918 /Aeronaut/
Регистрационный номер: N.2780 [2]
Nieuport 23 no 2780 of S/Lt Miodrag Tomic decorated with the Serbian flag, seen on April 30, 1917. (Collection Boris Ciglic)
D.Mechin - Oriental Adventures of the French Air force 1914-1918 /Aeronaut/
Регистрационный номер: N.3704
Nieuport 23 no 3704 from escort section of escadrille 525 in Boresnica, 1917. (Collection Laurent Winer)
D.Mechin - Oriental Adventures of the French Air force 1914-1918 /Aeronaut/

Take-off on alert of the aircraft of the 507 squadron, early 1918. In the foreground, a Nieuport 23, while a Nieuport 24 can be seen in the background. (Collection Benoit Henriet)

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Nieuport Nieuport-17bis/24/27 - Франция - 1917
D.Mechin - Oriental Adventures of the French Air force 1914-1918 /Aeronaut/

An acrobat at his leisure, Marechal des Logis Georges Viallet, of squadron no 506 (formerly 390), was photographed in his Nieuport 23 by the Farman he was escorting, during the late summer of 1917. This pilot won a confirmed aerial victory on February 6, 1917 in the Orient Army... (Coll. Jean Vaissade)
D.Mechin - Oriental Adventures of the French Air force 1914-1918 /Aeronaut/
D.Mechin - Foreign Fronts of the French Air Force 1914-1919 /Aeronaut/

A professional officer from the cavalry, as illustrated by the pilot's personal badge, aspirant Marcel Robert began his career with eight days' detention in a fortress... For refusing to be assigned to N 561, preferring to fight on the French front. He arrived in Italy on June 7, 1917, and left on his first leave in France in April 1918, ending the war at escadrille SPA 124. He won three air victories during the war, including one in Italy. He then had a long career in the French airforce (SHD).
D.Mechin - Foreign Fronts of the French Air Force 1914-1919 /Aeronaut/

Lieutenant Daniel Chambariere in his Nieuport 23 decorated with a very popular Italian cartoon character, the "cittadino che protesta" (the citizen who protests) that appeared on a humoristic magazine with the stories written by Oronzo Marginati, nom de plume of the writer Luigi Locatelli. "Ferma!!" means "Stop!!" in Italian. Chambariere ended the war as commanding officier of escadrille SPA 162 where he won 4 victories, having under his orders marechal des logis Corniglion, as him veteran from escadrille N 561.
D.Mechin - Foreign Fronts of the French Air Force 1914-1919 /Aeronaut/

Integrating N 561 on July 7,1917 in a contingent of four pilots, Sergeant Andre Levy decorated his personal Nieuport with a bulldog, a decoration that was repeated on his following aircraft. (SHD)
J.Davilla, A.Soltan - French Aircraft of the First World War /Flying Machines/

Nieuport 23 of N 92. The Nieuport 23 had a new interrupter gear which required the Vickers gun to be fitted a few centimeters to starboard of the centerline.
H.Cowin - Aviation Pioneers /Osprey/
Регистрационный номер: N.1895 [2]
Externally almost identical to the later Nieuport 17s, the Nieuport 23 was fitted with a 120hp Le Rhone and carried its Vickers gun on the port, or left-hand side of the upper nose, rather than the top centre as on late model 17s. Top level speed of the Ni 23 was 115mph at sea level. The machine shown here, N1895, was the personal mount of French ace, Charles Nungesser.
H.Cowin - Aviation Pioneers /Osprey/
Регистрационный номер: N.1895 [2]
Charles Eugene Jules Marie Nungesser ended his war with 45 confirmed victories, placing him in third place among France's leading air aces. Seen here leaning against his Nieuport 23, serial no N1895, resplendent with his macabre personal emblem. Nungesser was born in Paris on 15 March 1892. Clearly both impetuous and self-confident, the young Nungesser had run off to Argentina at the age of 16, where he made his first flight, 'soloing' the machine immediately afterwards. Commissioned as a cavalry officer into the 2nd Hussars prior to the war, Nungesser found himself overtaken by the advancing German in August 1914, coolly extricating himself by ambushing an enemy staff car, shooting its two occupants, and using it to make his escape. For this feat, along with an earlier act of bravery, Nungesser received the Medaille Militaire, along with a transfer to the flying service. On 8 April 1915 and by now a qualified pilot, he joined Escadrille VB 106, flying two-seat Voisins. It was while flying one of these sedate pushers in the autumn of 1915 that he was to make his first 'kill' by downing an Albatros two seater. Clearly, this victory marked him as being fighter pilot material, his transfer to Escadrille N 65, with its single seat Nieuport 11s following in November 1915. Once with N 65, Nungesser displayed an impressive aggression, as reflected in his ever-mounting tally of 'kills'. Reckless to the point of foolhardiness, helped, no doubt, by the military publicists, Charles Nungesser was feted wherever he went despite the fact that he spent much time in hospital recovering not only from enemy-inflicted wounds, but car crashes of his own making. Nungesser was to survive the war, his legend following him to the end, when, on 8 May 1927, accompanied by Francois Coli in the Levasseur 'Oiseau Blanc', he took off in an attempt to make the first east-west Atlantic crossing by aeroplane. Neither the aircraft or its crew were ever seen again.
D.Mechin - Oriental Adventures of the French Air force 1914-1918 /Aeronaut/

Nieuport 23 nicknamed "Medoc" (a French wine region, near Bordeaux) and decorated with the badge of escadrille 508.
D.Mechin - Oriental Adventures of the French Air force 1914-1918 /Aeronaut/

Assigned to the no 501 squadron at the western end of the front, in the Albanian mountains, the pilot, Georges Baudeuf, does not seem to be satisfied with his assignment and expresses this on his Nieuport 23. (Rene Germain, coll. Albin Denis)
D.Mechin - Oriental Adventures of the French Air force 1914-1918 /Aeronaut/

Pilot Georges Baudeuf (left) and his mechanic Paul Pedoux on July 15, 1917. Baudeuf changed the unit insignia by putting the word "Zut" ("Heck!") instead of the winged star.
D.Mechin - Oriental Adventures of the French Air force 1914-1918 /Aeronaut/

Pilots and observers of escadrille 501 in 1917, in front of a Nieuport 23. A Farman stands on the foreground. (Albin Denis collection)

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Farman F.40 - Франция - 1915
D.Mechin - Foreign Fronts of the French Air Force 1914-1919 /Aeronaut/

A French Nieuport in Jezerzany on June 21, 1917.

J.Bruce - Nieuport Fighters /Albatros/
Регистрационный номер: A6786 [2]
A Nie.23 of No.40 Squadron RFC; believed to be A6786. The RFC found that in the Nie.23 there was a different disposition of packing pieces at the inboard ends of the upper wing panels, consequently different drillings had to be made for the securing bolts of the Foster gun-mounting.
W.Green, G.Swanborough - The Complete Book of Fighters
Регистрационный номер: A6781
The Nie 23 served side-by-side in French escadrilles with the fundamentally similar Nie 17.
J.Bruce - Nieuport Fighters /Albatros/
Регистрационный номер: B3494
B3494 had been with No.29 Squadron, RFC, in France in July 1917; on July 31 2/Lt. D F Hilton, flying this Nieuport 23, destroyed two balloons, one at Westhoek that morning, the other at Polygon Racecourse that evening. On August 9 he drove down an Albatros D.V out of control near Langevarde, another east of Houthulst Forest two days later, and a third east of Zonnebeke on August 16. By January 21 1918, B3494 was in Egypt and was in the Repair Park; as at February 12 it had engine No. 100939/ WD9025. This photograph was reported to have been taken in Palestine: if correct, that could imply possible use by No.14 or No.111 Squadron.
J.Bruce - Nieuport Fighters /Albatros/

This Nie.23, thought to be of No.1 Squadron, RFC had what looked like a variant of one of the French types of Lewis-gun mounting, not a Foster mounting, despite the instructions of June 13 and November 20 1916, that RFC Nieuport scouts were to be fitted with the Foster.

A.Durkota, T.Darcey, V.Kulikov - The Imperial Russian Air Service /Flying Machines/

Nieuport 23 with Russian pilot Kibanov. Each side of the fuselage displayed a different image of a horse's head. The top deck was decorated with crossed riding crops and a horse shoe for good luck. Kibanov was shot down near Minsk on October 11, 1917.
Although in Russian service, this Nie.23 had apparently retained its French roundels and rudder stripes, but had supplementary flying wires. The pilot's flying suit was generally similar to the British Sidcot.
A.Durkota, T.Darcey, V.Kulikov - The Imperial Russian Air Service /Flying Machines/
J.Bruce - Nieuport Fighters /Albatros/
Регистрационный номер: N.3389 [2]
N3389 was another Russian Nie.23 with its French markings unchanged. In this case the aircraft had been captured intact by the Germans.
A.Durkota, T.Darcey, V.Kulikov - The Imperial Russian Air Service /Flying Machines/

Sergievsky, with his Dux-built Nieuport 23, while serving as temporary Detachment Commander from June 19, 1917 to September 2, 1917, when Stabs-Kapitan (Staff Captain) Baftalovsky was recovering from his wounds. He flew Nieuport 21s and 23s almost exclusively and developed some of his own aerial tactics during this time.
Сайт - Pilots-and-planes /WWW/
Регистрационный номер: N.3389 [2]
Operated by Czarist Russia while wearing French colors, this machine was captured by the Germans. Its identity may have been N3389
A.Durkota, T.Darcey, V.Kulikov - The Imperial Russian Air Service /Flying Machines/

Lineup of Nieuport aircraft at the front, circa 1917. From right to left - Nieuport 23 (dark rudder with white number 9), French built Nieuport 21.
L.Andersson - Soviet Aircraft and Aviation 1917-1941 /Putnam/

The most significant event on the Eastern Front was the Bolshevik revolution in Russia that led to the Russian exit from the war. This Nieuport 17 was in Russian service and, as shown by the markings, went on to serve the Bolshevik forces.
Many Nieuport 10, 17, 21, 23, 24, 25 and other models were taken over by the RKKVF. This is probably a Nieuport 23.
В.Шавров - История конструкций самолетов в СССР до 1938 г.

"Ньюпор-XXIII"
C.Owers - Fokker Aircraft of WWI. Vol.7: Postwar /Centennial Perspective/ (67)

Fokker E.V CWL 00.4 (190/18) belonging to porucznik Julian Jasinski, a pilot of the 19th Fighter Squadron (16.EM). In early of June the Fokker monoplane was moved from Borysov to the Priyamino airfield for repair and repainting. Priyamino was the home base of the Red Aviation 4th Aero Group commanded by the famous pilot Aleksey D. Shirinkin. At this location was a storage facility for damaged and captured aircraft. On June 3, 1920, porucznik pilot Julian Jasinski got lost during a delivery flight to the front of the renovated monoplane when he was not carrying ammunition. Aircraft was was shot from the ground and on a damaged. Pilot emergency landed near Borisov on June 3, 1920. and was captured. After he was captured, Soviet propaganda publicized the incident stating that the Polish pilot had fled to their side. After the war, the pilot recalled that before he was sent to a PoW camp, according to the traditions of the Western Front from World War I, he was hosted for two days in the Shirinkin squadron. The aviator also provided exhaustive testimony, as a result of which he was completely cleared of any adverse allegations. During WWII he served in the PSP in Great Britain in 1942-43 as a ground defence officer in 308 and 315 Polish Fighter Squadron and then he was the chief of staff until 1946 in 303 Polish Fighter Squadron. A Soviet Nieuport 23 from 4th ASG can be seen in the background. Note also the stump mounted anti-aircraft Lewis machine gun.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Fokker E.V/D.VIII - Германия - 1918
В.Обухович, А.Никифоров - Самолеты Первой Мировой войны

J.Bruce - Nieuport Fighters /Albatros/

Sous-Lieutenant P Braun of the Aviation militaire beige in his Nie.23, armed with twin Lewis guns. The parallel forward attachments for the missing Vickers gun clearly show the extent to which that gun was offset on the Nie.23.
S/Lt Pierre Braun scored his first official victory on 20 August 1917.
W.Pieters - The Belgian Air Service in the First World War /Aeronaut/

Baron Edmond Desclee in front of his Nieuport 23 of the 5me Escadrille. The unit marking was a comet; the comet’s tail of Desclee’s aircraft had an inscription reading VA OU JE TE POUSSE (beat it or I’ll make you).
W.Pieters - The Belgian Air Service in the First World War /Aeronaut/
Регистрационный номер: N.5017 [2]
Teddy Franchomme’s Nieuport N23 was still flown in 1918. Sous-Lieutenant Louis Robin flew it after he gained his wings.
S/Lt Louis Robin, 7me Esc, was the most active pilot in May 1918, flying no less than 53 war missions, during which time he attacked several hostile aircraft in his outdated, second hand, Nieuport N23.
Nieuport 23 N5017 of the Escadrille Comete, the main subject of the cover painting, reveals markings anomalies with an apparently dark tailplane and wing roundels under transformation, the port appears in French colours while the starboard marking has been overpainted. The red paint used to apply the fuselage insignia was obviously of poor quality!
W.Pieters - The Belgian Air Service in the First World War /Aeronaut/

Adjudant Teddy Franchomme, 5me Escadrille de Chasse, returns from an offensive patrol.
W.Pieters - The Belgian Air Service in the First World War /Aeronaut/

S/Lt Jacques Goethals was in combat with German ace Lt Xaver Dannhuber on 27 September 1917. Both were each others equal.
W.Pieters - The Belgian Air Service in the First World War /Aeronaut/

S/Lt Jacques Goethals, 10me Esc, who was at the front since 1915, was still an active and aggressive fighter pilot in 1918.
W.Pieters - The Belgian Air Service in the First World War /Aeronaut/

Jules Goossens-Bara in his Nieuport 23.
W.Pieters - The Belgian Air Service in the First World War /Aeronaut/

Adjudant Jules Goossens in his N23 above Flanders’ fields. The pilot, however, seems to be so tall that it is possible that it is Ier Sergent-Major Gusto de Mevius, who also flew this aircraft on a regular basis.
W.Pieters - The Belgian Air Service in the First World War /Aeronaut/

I Sgt Georges Kervyn, Iere Esc, had a minor revenge to the loss of his brother on 21 August 1917, claiming his second confirmed victory.
W.Pieters - The Belgian Air Service in the First World War /Aeronaut/

Capt Paul Hiernaux, Iere Esc, was attacked by an Allied aircraft on 3 July 1917.
W.Pieters - The Belgian Air Service in the First World War /Aeronaut/

Robert De Leener in his Nieuport 23, 5me Escadrille.
W.Pieters - The Belgian Air Service in the First World War /Aeronaut/

De Meulemeester and Coppens with a Nieuport 23.
W.Pieters - The Belgian Air Service in the First World War /Aeronaut/

ISgtMr Andre De Meulemeester and novice pilot, Sgt Georges Kervyn de Lettenhove, Iere Esc, scored a combined victory on 12 June 1917.
W.Pieters - The Belgian Air Service in the First World War /Aeronaut/

Adjt Andre De Meulemeester, Iere Esc, scored two victories in July 1917 to bring his total to four.
W.Pieters - The Belgian Air Service in the First World War /Aeronaut/

Adjt Andre De Meulemeester, Iere Esc, scored his 6th victory on 4 November 1917.
W.Pieters - The Belgian Air Service in the First World War /Aeronaut/

I Sgt Alfred Mouton is flanked by I Sgt Gusto de Mevius & Adjt Jules Goossens, Iere Esc.
W.Pieters - The Belgian Air Service in the First World War /Aeronaut/
Регистрационный номер: N.5020
Sous-Lieutenant Sacha Petrowski received this brand new N23, #N5020, and decorated it with yellow & red bars on its wheel covers. In the background can be seen N23 Vampire and N16 Moustique.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Nieuport Nieuport-11/16 Bebe - Франция - 1915
J.Bruce - Nieuport Fighters /Albatros/

The presence of the emblem of the Escadrille Comete leaves little doubt of the identity of this Nie. 23 flown by Thieffry. Its upper surfaces are overpainted in a dark colour and the machine bears the familiar red/white markings on the upper fuselage repeated on the wheel covers.
W.Pieters - The Belgian Air Service in the First World War /Aeronaut/

Adjt Edmond Thieffry scored the first double for the Av.M. on 3 July 1917, bringing his score to 6.
W.Pieters - The Belgian Air Service in the First World War /Aeronaut/

S/Lt Edmond Thieffry in front of his Nieuport 23 while serving with Sme Escadrille. While flying a SPAD VII and serving with 10me Escadrille, he was shot down and made POW on 23 February 1918. At that time he had 10 victories and was Belgium’s leading ace.
W.Pieters - The Belgian Air Service in the First World War /Aeronaut/

Sgt Carlo Verbessem, Iere Esc, crashed this new Nieuport N23 on 19 August 1917.
W.Pieters - The Belgian Air Service in the First World War /Aeronaut/

Ier Sergent Armand Verhoustraeten flew this Nieuport N23 with green line on the fuselage.
W.Pieters - The Belgian Air Service in the First World War /Aeronaut/

Air mechanic Schagt in front of a Nieuport N23.
W.Pieters - The Belgian Air Service in the First World War /Aeronaut/

The N23 seen from above over the front.
W.Pieters - The Belgian Air Service in the First World War /Aeronaut/

This is how machine guns were tested. Sometimes, the target was missed, and on one occasion, such a machine gun test ended with the death of a cow. From then on these tests were forbidden.
W.Pieters - The Belgian Air Service in the First World War /Aeronaut/

SPAD VIIs Sp7 & Sp5 flanked by an unknown SPAD. In the background can be seen at least three Nieuport N23s.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: SPAD S.VII (Spa 7C-1) - Франция - 1916

K.Delve - World War One in the Air /Crowood/
Регистрационный номер: N.2903 [2]
Nieuport 23 N2903 of N561, a unit that formed part of the air defence of Venice.

E.Hauke, W.Schroeder, B.Totschinger - Die Flugzeuge der k.u.k. Luftfahrtruppe und Seeflieger 1914-1918
Регистрационный номер: N.3349
Nieuport 23 C.1, Ni 3349, rumänisches Beuteflugzeug; nach der Notlandung am 30. September 1916 in Szentkatolno, Flik 31. Spätere Flugzeugnummer 00.51
Nieuport 23 C.1, Ni 3349, румынский трофейный самолет; после аварийной посадки 30 сентября 1916 г. в Сенткатольно, Flik 31. Позже получил номер 00.51
J.Herris - DFW Aircraft of WWI /Centennial Perspective/ (29)

To the left of this Finnish Nieuport 23 is the nose of a DFW C.V in Finnish national markings after the war.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: DFW C.V - Германия - 1916
J.Bruce - Nieuport Fighters /Albatros/

A Nie.23 of the Czechoslovakian air service in the early inter-war years.
J.Bruce - Nieuport Fighters /Albatros/

Details of the cockpit area and Vickers installation can be seen in this photograph of Stephen Bigelow of the Escadrille Lafayette, notably the inconveniently-placed firing lever for the gun. A rear-view mirror is mounted in the cutout in the wing trailing edge.
В.Обухович, А.Никифоров - Самолеты Первой Мировой войны

W.Green, G.Swanborough - The Complete Book of Fighters

The Nie 21
O.Thetford - British Naval Aircraft since 1912 /Putnam/

Nieuport 21
D.Mechin - Oriental Adventures of the French Air force 1914-1918 /Aeronaut/

Nieuport 21 no 1965 of the Vertekop detachment, depending from escadrille 523 then stationed at Vrbeni, in March 1917. This detachment was composed of Serbian pilots, such as Captain Branko Vukosavljevic, leaning here against the propeller of his aircraft which bears no particular marking. (Collection Boris Ciglic)
Jane's All The World Aircraft 1919 /Jane's/
Регистрационный номер: N.1642
A Nieuport "biplan de chasse" or "destroyer" (1916-17 type). The mounting of the gun on the top plane is of interest.
D.Mechin - Oriental Adventures of the French Air force 1914-1918 /Aeronaut/

Pilot of escadrille N 391, Lt de Saint-Severin is photographed in front of his Nieuport 21, probably visiting the N 390 squadron in Boresnica in the autumn of 1916.
D.Mechin - Oriental Adventures of the French Air force 1914-1918 /Aeronaut/

Serbian pilot Sinisa Sefanovic in a Nieuport 21 from escort section of escadrille 524. (Collection Boris Ciglic)
D.Mechin - Oriental Adventures of the French Air force 1914-1918 /Aeronaut/

Sergent Gustave Gauthier in front of his Nieuport 21 from the escort section of C.389, Boresnica February 1917.
D.Mechin - Oriental Adventures of the French Air force 1914-1918 /Aeronaut/
Регистрационный номер: N.2369
Nieuport 21 no 2369 in Boresnica during mid-1917. (Collection Laurent Winer)
J.Bruce - Nieuport Fighters /Albatros/

Probably an early Nie.21, possibly of an operational escadrille. A Lewis gun is present, and the numerals might have been unit identification numbers.
D.Mechin - Oriental Adventures of the French Air force 1914-1918 /Aeronaut/

Nieuport 21 with the red cowling of escadrille N 390, showing a personal marking during year 1917. (Collection Boris Ciglic)
J.Davilla, A.Soltan - French Aircraft of the First World War /Flying Machines/
Регистрационный номер: N.1647
Nieuport 21, serial N1647, of Andre Chainat of SPA 3. The Nieuport 21 had the fuselage of a Nieuport 11 and the wings of a Nieuport 17. The engine was an 80 hp Le Rhone 9C.
D.Mechin - Oriental Adventures of the French Air force 1914-1918 /Aeronaut/

Another view of the aircraft of Serbian pilot Sinisa Sefanovic, wearing a personal insignia - actually the squadron insignia of escadrille 13 in France. (Collection Boris Ciglic)
J.Davilla, A.Soltan - French Aircraft of the First World War /Flying Machines/

Breguet BM 4 named Queen Mary. The airplane adjacent to the BM 4 is a Nieuport 21.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Breguet 4/5/6/12 - Франция - 1915
D.Mechin - Oriental Adventures of the French Air force 1914-1918 /Aeronaut/

French and Serbian pilots of the N 387 squadron photographed at Vrbeni in November 1916. In the center, under the propeller, second lieutenant Marcel Thirouin, one of the best pilots of the orient aviation, holder of 3 confirmed aerial victories, including one won in Serbia in 1915. (Coll Boris Ciglic).
D.Mechin - Oriental Adventures of the French Air force 1914-1918 /Aeronaut/

French pilots in Boresnica in 1917, around a Nieuport 21. (Collection Boris Ciglic)
D.Mechin - Oriental Adventures of the French Air force 1914-1918 /Aeronaut/

The Nieuport 21, a hybrid version of the Nieuport 11 with its 80 hp engine and the Nieuport 17 with its wing, became the standard fighter of the French Armee d'Orient in the fall of 1916. The three aircraft in the picture, two of which are wearing personal decorations, were stationed at Vrbeni in November 1916 (Collection Boris Ciglic)
D.Mechin - Oriental Adventures of the French Air force 1914-1918 /Aeronaut/

Farman F.40 wearing F 382 markings in Vertekop. Nieuport 21 escort fighters can be seen in the background. (Collection Boris Ciglic)

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Farman F.40 - Франция - 1915
D.Mechin - Oriental Adventures of the French Air force 1914-1918 /Aeronaut/

The Nieuport 21 was the standard fighter of the French Orient Army during the year 1916. Very maneuverable, it was underpowered with its 90 hp engine and proved to be very insufficient to intercept German aircraft. (Basile Saune)
D.Mechin - Oriental Adventures of the French Air force 1914-1918 /Aeronaut/

Nieuport fighter on patrol over the mountainous landscape of the Orient Front (SHD).
D.Mechin - Oriental Adventures of the French Air force 1914-1918 /Aeronaut/

The repair of an aircraft landed in the wilderness takes on the aspect of an expedition under the Orient front, like this Nieuport 21 brought back by Serbian mechanics. (Coll Boris Ciglic)

J.Bruce - Nieuport Fighters /Albatros/
Регистрационный номер: 3956
In its official lists of Royal Naval aircraft the RNAS had a regrettable practice of using the vague description ‘Nieuport 1-seater, 80-hp Le Rhone' for aircraft that were not identical. Statements of squadron aircraft would generally indicate that those numbered 3956 - 3958 and 8745 - 8751 were known in the Service as Nieuport 17B. All were in use by August 1916, just before the French SFA designation Type 21 was introduced, so it is hardly surprising that the RNAS did not use it. In a minute dated February 26 1917, Acting Wing Commander Alec Ogilvie of RNAS Dunkerque confirmed that, . . the 17B type of 80 Le Rhone Nieuport. . . is a machine with 15 sq. m. of surface in place of the 13 sq. m. of the old Nieuport 80 Le Rhone Baby'. This leaves little doubt that the RNAS’s Nieuport 17Bs would have come as Nie.21s had they been delivered later. No.3956 had reached the Dunkerque Depot by August 10 1916, and was initially allocated to No.2 Flight of ‘A’ Squadron in No.l Wing at Fumes. Flight Lieutenant G V Leather was flying it on October 20 when he shot down a twin-engine seaplane off Ostend. Six days later 3956 was in ‘A’ Flight of the Detached Squadron that became No.8 (Naval) Squadron; and on December 4 Flight Sub-Lieutenant G G Simpson on 3956 shared with Flight Lieutenant C R Mackenzie on 8750 in the destruction of an Albatros D.I near Bapaume. By January 5 1917, 3956 was with No.3 (Naval) Squadron and acquired the name Binky. Subsequent moves took it to No.9 (Naval) by February 1, and to No.11 (Naval) by March 28. Flight Sub Lieutenant A E Hall was injured in a crash on May 12 1917, and 3956 was sent to the Dunkerque Depot that day. Its deletion was approved on May 16 1917.

W.Pieters - The Belgian Air Service in the First World War /Aeronaut/

Adjt Charles ‘Sidi’ Ciselet, 5me Esc, was credited with his only victory on 9 June 1917 in a hectic combat in which an F40 was shot down and another fighter pilot was severely wounded.

J.Bruce - Nieuport Fighters /Albatros/
Регистрационный номер: N.1645 [2]
N1645 was a Nie.21 of the Escadrille americaine that was flown by Sergent Raoul Lufbery, and bore his personal markings. It is believed that this photograph was taken at Behonne, near Bar-le-Duc, in September 1916.
M.Dusing - German & Austro-Hungarian Aero Engines of WWI. Vol.1 /Centennial Perspective/ (64)

SPAD 7 of SPA 124 (better known as the Lafayette Escadrille) at Ham in April 1917 with a Nieuport in the background.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: SPAD S.VII (Spa 7C-1) - Франция - 1916

В.Шавров - История конструкций самолетов в СССР до 1938 г.

"Ньюпор-XXI"
H.Nowarra, G.Duval - Russian Civil and Military Aircraft 1884-1969

Nieuport 21, with 80 h.p.Le Rhone engine, used as a trainer during 1916-1917. Note positioning of roundels on all flight surfaces.
A.Durkota, T.Darcey, V.Kulikov - The Imperial Russian Air Service /Flying Machines/

Nieuport 21 captured by Bolsheviks on the railway station at Kazandshik, circa 1917-18. The fuselage displays the Imperial Russian double-headed eagle, the rudder a serial number "1"
J.Bruce - Nieuport Fighters /Albatros/

An elaborately marked Nie.21, probably Duks-built, in Russian service.
A.Durkota, T.Darcey, V.Kulikov - The Imperial Russian Air Service /Flying Machines/

A Nieuport 21 fighter used by Seversky and his detachment, Oesel island, summer 1917. A small Saint Andrew's cross has been painted on the side of the fuselage. The serial number "3" is the same red tone as the fuselage cockade.
An unusually interesting Duks-built Nieuport 21 of the Russian naval air station at Tserel on Osel island in the Baltic. One of a sub-Flight of four (the three others were numbered 6, 7 and 8), it was flown by Ensign Vsevolod Leonidovich Yakovlev in August 1917. The Nieuport’s naval ownership is marked by the small representation of the Russian naval ensign (a blue cross of St Andrew on a white background) on the fuselage side midway between the roundel and the tailplane. That fact notwithstanding, Yakovlev was an army officer.
H.Nowarra, G.Duval - Russian Civil and Military Aircraft 1884-1969
Регистрационный номер: N.1810
A Nieuport 21 (1810) awaiting delivery to Russia from France. Note the Russian roundels on wings and French-style rudder striping. National colors on the rudder from front to rear are white, blue and red.
A.Durkota, T.Darcey, V.Kulikov - The Imperial Russian Air Service /Flying Machines/
Регистрационный номер: N.1514 [2]
Smirnov scored at least two confirmed victories in his French-built Nieuport 21, serial number 1514. This machine's unusual armament is a Madsen machine gun (fixed in position) and supplied with ammunition from the belt. Discharged cartridges are held in the canister located on the gun's right side.
В.Кондратьев - Самолеты первой мировой войны

Российский "Ньюпор-21" французской сборки.
A.Durkota, T.Darcey, V.Kulikov - The Imperial Russian Air Service /Flying Machines/
Регистрационный номер: N.4572 [2]
Kruten's Nieuport 21 (serial number 4572) decorated with a helmeted medieval knight.
A.Durkota, T.Darcey, V.Kulikov - The Imperial Russian Air Service /Flying Machines/
Регистрационный номер: N.1932 [2], N.2239
Nieuport fighters of the 1st Corps detachment. The nearest two machines are Nieuport 21s (serial numbers 2239 and 1932), the farthest machine is a Nieuport 17.
A.Durkota, T.Darcey, V.Kulikov - The Imperial Russian Air Service /Flying Machines/

Nieuport fighters of the 7th Fighter Detachment just before take-off, Vikturovko airfield, near Tamopol, early June 1917. Gilsher is standing sixth from left. Detachment commander Ivan Orlov is fifth from left. The center aircraft is Gilsher's mount, a French-built Nieuport 11, serial number 1232. The other two aircraft are French-built Nieuport 21 fighters in the standard factory finish of overall silver.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Nieuport Nieuport-11/16 Bebe - Франция - 1915
A.Durkota, T.Darcey, V.Kulikov - The Imperial Russian Air Service /Flying Machines/

Mahlapuu posing in front of one of the squadron's Nieuport 21s during the winter in early 1917. The aircraft had been refitted with skis for use on the snow-covered field. The plane is armed with only an upper-wing Lewis machine gun. Mahlapuu has received his promotion to Praporshik as denoted by his shoulderboard insignia, which dates the photo as being taken after his second victory on March 11, 1917.
A.Durkota, T.Darcey, V.Kulikov - The Imperial Russian Air Service /Flying Machines/

Nieuport 21 on skis. The men are holding the aircraft until the pilot signals he is ready for takeoff.
A.Durkota, T.Darcey, V.Kulikov - The Imperial Russian Air Service /Flying Machines/

The same aircraft in flight moments later.

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A.Durkota, T.Darcey, V.Kulikov - The Imperial Russian Air Service /Flying Machines/

Two Nieuport fighters undergoing repair in a typical workshop. F.F. Tereshchenko developed a similar type of repair center on his estate in Chervonny where he repaired many aircraft for frontline units. He also organized a repair service train that traveled to the front area to fix damaged airplanes without having to ship them back to the factories.
J.Bruce - Nieuport Fighters /Albatros/
Регистрационный номер: N.5024 [4]
These close-ups of the sole genuine Nieuport 'vee-strutter’ single-seat fighter survivor, Type 23 N5024, currently being restored by Belgium's Musee Royal de l’Armee, provide some rarely-appreciated details. On the photo, three views reveal cowl lip, slots and flanges and the fuselage underside cut-out behind the engine.
J.Bruce - Nieuport Fighters /Albatros/
Регистрационный номер: N.5024 [4]
Port upper wing showing fabric strip covering the aileron gap; next, a general view of N5024 with the famous Comet insignia of 5""' Escadrille; next, the wooden tail skid fairing was usually plain varnished not doped aluminium as here; lowest, port undercarriage leg and axle detail.
J.Bruce - Nieuport Fighters /Albatros/
Регистрационный номер: N.5024 [4]
Frontal aspect of the Brussels’ Nieuport 23 showing the cowl lip and riveting to advantage; centre, windscreen, cockpit padding and aileron crank - wood strip covering of forward fuselage visible in cockpit; lowest, starboard aspect of the same area with rear cabane and wing cut-out detail.
J.Bruce - Nieuport Fighters /Albatros/
Регистрационный номер: N.5024 [4]
This view of the forward fuselage emphasises the offset position of the Vickers gun on the Type 23; centre, two views of the cockpit (incomplete). There was no dashboard, instruments being attached to various fuselage members. Finally, at foot, the varnished ply seat.
J.Bruce - Nieuport Fighters /Albatros/

Forward fuselage and cockpit area of a Nieuport 17. The control column is well over to port, and the cross member that actuated the aileron connecting rods is at a considerable angle.
J.Bruce - Nieuport Fighters /Albatros/
J.Bruce - Nieuport Fighters /Albatros/

Forward-fuselage structural details of one of the later 110-hp variants, probably a 17 or 23. The steel band visible under the fuselage was the retaining strap that secured the engine cowling.
J.Bruce - Nieuport Fighters /Albatros/

A fixed Lewis gun, regulated by the Alkan-Hamy synchronizing mechanism, on what was probably an early production Nieuport 17. Such an installation must have been rare on the type.
J.Bruce - Nieuport Fighters /Albatros/

Журнал - Flight за 1917 г.

Aeroplane versus anchor cable. - Returning from a flight on his Nieuport, Sergt. Courtois, who had had his propeller damaged by bullets, was making for home against the sun. This accounted for the fact that he failed to see the anchor cable of a French kite balloon. As luck would have it, it was the propeller which struck the cable, otherwise the issue might have been serious. As it was, the Nieuport seemed to hesitate an instant, then, as the cable parted, it resumed its flight. On landing it was found that some ten yards of cable was twisted round the propeller shaft, otherwise no damage had been done. The observer in the kite balloon managed to land safely at Eure-et-Loir.
D.Mechin - Foreign Fronts of the French Air Force 1914-1919 /Aeronaut/
Регистрационный номер: N.2582
This Nieuport 23 (n°2582) from escadrille N 581 was damaged on landing on June 9,1917, during the Kerensky offensive. His pilot, Alberto Paolo Bucciali, was wounded. (Coll Albin Denis)
D.Mechin - Oriental Adventures of the French Air force 1914-1918 /Aeronaut/
Регистрационный номер: N.2279 [2], N.2397 [3]
On January 1, 1917, a tornado destroyed on the ground all the planes of the N 390 stationed on the field of Negocani. This photo shows the Nieuport 21 no 2279 and 2397 which lost the left part of their upper wing. These planes have the engine cowling painted in red.
D.Mechin - Oriental Adventures of the French Air force 1914-1918 /Aeronaut/
Регистрационный номер: N.2279 [2], N.2397 [3]
D.Mechin - Oriental Adventures of the French Air force 1914-1918 /Aeronaut/

One of the Nieuport 23 of escadrille 523 squadron on its nose. (Collection Albin Denis)
D.Mechin - Oriental Adventures of the French Air force 1914-1918 /Aeronaut/
Регистрационный номер: N.3660 [2]
Nieuport 23 no 3660 from the escort section of escadrille 388, crashed on March 8, 1917.
D.Mechin - Oriental Adventures of the French Air force 1914-1918 /Aeronaut/

Another accident of a Nieuport 23 from escadrille 504 on July 1917. The plane is nicknamed "Leo".
D.Mechin - Foreign Fronts of the French Air Force 1914-1919 /Aeronaut/

The Lido airfield is located in the enclosure of the fort guarding the entrance to the Venice lagoon. In its moat, located all around, sometimes fell clumsy pilots who missed their landing, as it is the case of sergent Henri Boyer who crashed his Nieuport 23 decorated with a Pinocchio (SHD).
D.Mechin - Oriental Adventures of the French Air force 1914-1918 /Aeronaut/

German ace Gerhard Fieseler, Jasta 25, in front of the wreckage of one of his victims, a Nieuport 23. (DR)
H.Nowarra, G.Duval - Russian Civil and Military Aircraft 1884-1969
Регистрационный номер: N.2232 [3]
Wreckage of Nieuport 17 No. 2232, which crashed during landing approach in, May, 1917, killing Russian ace Capt. Kruten.
A.Durkota, T.Darcey, V.Kulikov - The Imperial Russian Air Service /Flying Machines/
Регистрационный номер: N.2232 [3]
The remains of Nieuport 17 (serial number 2232), Kruten was killed in this machine on June 19, 1917.
A.Durkota, T.Darcey, V.Kulikov - The Imperial Russian Air Service /Flying Machines/
Регистрационный номер: N.2176
French-built Nieuport 21, serial number 2176, after a landing mishap. The pilot is unknown, but may be Sergievsky. He was known to have used this aircraft on at least one mission.
A.Durkota, T.Darcey, V.Kulikov - The Imperial Russian Air Service /Flying Machines/

Nieuport 17 lying on its back after a bad landing, unit and pilot unknown. The fuselage is decorated with a black bat, white skull, and crossed wooden propeller and sword.