Warplanes preserved in the USA: Ohio: Dayton, National Museum of the USAF: Nieuport 27, Nieuport 28C-1
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Nieuport 27, used by the US Army Air Service 1917/18.
The Nieuport 27 (or Nieuport XXVII C.1 in contemporary sources) was a First World War French sesquiplane fighter aircraft designed by Gustave Delage. The 27 was the last of the line of Nieuport “V-strut” single seat fighters that began with the Nieuport 10 of 1914. Operational examples supplemented the very similar Nieuport 24 and 24bis in operational squadrons in late 1917 and many would also be used as advanced trainers.
Operational Nieuport 27s in Italian and French service were armed with a synchronized, fuselage-mounted .303 in (7.70 mm) Vickers machine gun occasionally supplemented with an overwing Lewis Gun mounted on one of several mountings. In British service with the Royal Flying Corps and later the Royal Air Force a .303 in (7.70 mm) Lewis Gun was mounted on a Foster mounting above the top wing.
In 1918 the United States Army Air Service placed orders for 461 Nieuport 27 E.Is for use as advanced fighter-trainers, of which 287 were delivered. (Wikipedia)
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Lt. Destainville of Escadrille N 87 in his Nieuport 27 fighter at Lunéville airfield before departing on a flight in 1917.
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Nieuport 27 trainer of the American Expeditionary Force’s 31st Aero Squadron, c1917-18.
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A Nieuport 27 Scout biplane ready to take off in the snow at Bailleul Aerodrome, 27 December 1917. It’s possibly No. 1 Squadron RFC.
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Nieuport 27, Reg. No. N3778 after being inspected by Americans, c1917-18.
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Flying cadets inspecting a French Nieuport 27 at Hazelhurst Field, Mineola, Long Island, New York, c1917-18.
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Nieuport 27 replica, Reg. No. NX27XZ.
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95th Aero Squadron Nieuport 28s starting on a patrol, 1918.
The Nieuport 28 C.1, a French biplane fighter aircraft flown during the First World War, was built by Nieuport and designed by Gustave Delage. Owing its lineage to the successful line of sesquiplane fighters that included the Nieuport 17, the Nieuport 28 continued a similar design philosophy of a lightweight and highly maneuverable aircraft.
By the time the Nieuport 28 was available, the SPAD XIII had been chosen to equip the escadrilles de chasse of the Aéronautique Militaire for 1918, and this fighter was also the first choice for the projected American “pursuit” squadrons. In the event, a shortage of SPADs led to Nieuport 28s being issued to four American squadrons between March and August 1918, becoming the first aircraft to see operational service with an American fighter squadron.
Nieuport 28s saw considerable post-war service: in particular 50 from a later production run were shipped to America, and as well as army and naval service these found civilian use, especially in Hollywood films. (Wikipedia)
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U.S. Air Service Nieuport 28 C.1, Reg. No. N6215, pictured here, was a single-engine, single-seat, French-built First World War biplane fighter. This aircraft was used by many fighter pilots during First World War, such as U.S. Army Capt. Edward W. Rucker Jr. during his time in the 27th Aero Squadron.
(Von “Rosebud’s WWI Early Aviation Image Archive”)
Eddie Rickenbacker with his Nieuport 28.
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Nieuport 28 at Air Service Production Center No. 2, Romorantin Aerodrome, France, 1918.
Nieuport 28C-1, replica (Serial No. 1), Reg. No. N6301. Constructed from original parts, 95th Aero Squadron. This reproduction was rebuilt by museum personnel. It contains wood and hardware from an original Nieuport 28. The aircraft is painted and marked to represent a Nieuport of the 95th Aero Squadron, Third Flight, as it appeared in July 1918. It was placed on display in May 1994.
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Nieuport 28 C.1 in civil post-war service as courier aircraft.