Nieuport 11 | |
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Replica Nieuport 11 in Italian markings | |
Role | Fighter |
Manufacturer | Nieuport |
Designer | Gustave Delage |
Introduction | 5 January 1916 |
Status | retired |
Primary users | Aéronautique Militaire (France) Corpo Aeronautico Militare (Italy), Imperial Russian Air Service |
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.