Osprey - Nieuport Aces of World War 1
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The French Nieuport company provided the Allied air forces with the first true fighter scout of World War 1 in the shape of the diminutive type 11 of 1915.
Boasting incredible maneuverability, it was the only aircraft capable of dealing with the all-conquering German Fokker E-series, and was flown by French, British, Russian, Belgian, Romanian and Italian aces.
The Type 11 was replaced from May 1916 onwards by the bigger and more powerful Type 17, which proved to be one of the best fighters of World War 1.
Later Nieuport types remained popular with scout pilots into 1918, being used extensively by high-scoring aces long after more modern fighters had arrived at the front.
The final Nieuport scout to see action was the notoriously unreliable Type 28, which enjoyed fleeting success with the US Air Service in mid-1918.