Author Topic: Interesting article on Nieuport colours in British service  (Read 723 times)

Offline macsporran

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Interesting article on Nieuport colours in British service
« on: April 07, 2021, 04:41:14 PM »
Found a topic on the Britmodeller site pointing to an IPMS Stockholm article regarding Nies in RFC / RNAS service that might interest others here.

https://www.ipmsstockholm.se/home/french-fighters-in-british-service-during-ww1/

Good info too on the BM sites (credits to original poster.)

https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235091124-nieuport-11-in-british-colors/

Sandy

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Re: Interesting article on Nieuport colours in British service
« Reply #1 on: April 07, 2021, 09:58:04 PM »
Thanks Sandy!  That is interesting and helpful.

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Bob

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Re: Interesting article on Nieuport colours in British service
« Reply #2 on: April 07, 2021, 10:08:48 PM »
The posts on BM about the synchronised Lewis are wrong. That's a Nie 16 with an Alkan synchronised Lewis gun:



Apparently, it significantly lowered the fire rate of the Lewis

Richard
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