Nieuport Aces of the Great War - Aircraft of the Aces 54 - Osprey/Del Prado WMch and with valuable assistance from

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Nieuport Aces of the Great War - Aircraft of the Aces 54 - Osprey/Del Prado WMch and with valuable assistance fromThe French Nieuport company provided the Allied air forces with the first true fighter scout of World War 1 in the shape of the diminutive XI of 1915. Based on the Bebe racer, built for the abandoned Gordon Bennett Trophy of the previous year, the aircraft utilised a sesquiplane (lower wing much smaller than the upper wing) arrangement which gave the XI extreme manoeuvrability. It was the only scout respected by the all conquering German Fokker E