Nieuport 11

Nieuport 11
Replica Nieuport 11 in Italian markings.
General information
Type	Fighter
Manufacturer	Nieuport
Designer	Gustave Delage
Status	Retired
Primary users	Aéronautique Militaire (France) Corpo Aeronautico Militare (Italy), Imperial Russian Air Service
History
Introduction date	5 January 1916
Variants	Nieuport 16

The Nieuport 11 (or Nieuport XI C.1 in contemporary sources), nicknamed the Bébé, is a French World War I single seat sesquiplane fighter aircraft, designed by Gustave Delage.^[1] It was the primary aircraft that ended the Fokker Scourge in 1916.^[2] The type saw service with several of France's allies, and gave rise to the series of "vee-strut" Nieuport fighters that remained in service (latterly as trainers) into the 1920s.