Nieuport 11 (Fighter plane)

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Name (Latin)
Nieuport 11 (Fighter plane)
Other forms of name
Bébé (Fighter plane)
Nieuport Bébé (Fighter plane)
nne Nieuport-Macchi 11 (Fighter plane)
See Also From tracing topical name
Fighter planes
Nieuport aircraft
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q646817
Library of congress: sh 85091836
Sources of Information
  • Wikipedia, August 6, 2012(The Nieuport 11 was a French World War I single seat fighter aircraft; Nieuport 11s were supplied to the Aéronautique Militaire, the Royal Naval Air Service, the Dutch air service, Belgium, Russia and Italy; 646 were license produced by the Italian Macchi company)
  • The Aerodrome website, August 6, 2012:Aircraft: France (designed by Gustave Delage in 1914, the small Nieuport 11 biplane was affectionately known as the "Bébé"; used by the British and French to counter the Fokker E.III, the Nieuport 11 was disadvantaged by its lack of a synchronized machine gun; it remained in service on the Western Front until 1916 and in Italy until the summer of 1917)