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AIRCRAFT >> FIGHTERS >> Nieuports
Catalog Number:
1993.209
Location:
JONES BUILDING, 5TH FLOOR
Description:
The Last Version Of The Fokker Monoplane Fighter Was The 160hp. Two Gun E-Iv. Flying From Sivery Under The German Ace, Boelcke, The Father Of German Air Fighting, They Lots Air Superiority, Over Verdun To The French, And American Volunteers Of The Lafayette Escadrille Who Met Them In Combat Flying The Tiny New Nieuport Baby Fighters. Boelcke Himself Was Downed By An American Flyer, But Survived.The Nieuport 11 Was The First V Strut French Fighter And Ended The Fokker Menace. Shown Is The American Lufbery, Who Dueled Boelcke To A Draw Over Verdun In The Summer Of 1916. Nieuport 10 And 16 Were Variations Of This 13 Meter Baby Nieuport.
