Nieuport 27

Nieuport 27
USAAS Nieuport 27 advanced trainer
General information
Typefighter / advanced trainer
National originFrance
ManufacturerNieuport, Nakajima, Uruguayan Air Force
Designer
Primary usersAéronautique Militaire
Number builtapprox 1,000
History
Introduction dateOctober 1917
First flight1917
Retired1931 (Uruguay)
Developed fromNieuport 24

The Nieuport 27 (or Nieuport XXVII C.1 in contemporary sources) was a World War I French sesquiplane fighter aircraft designed by Gustave Delage. The 27 was the last of the line of Nieuport "V-strut" single seat fighters that began with the Nieuport 10 of 1914. Operational examples supplemented the very similar Nieuport 24 and 24bis in operational squadrons in late 1917 and many would also be used as advanced trainers.