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Offline Isitwindyyet

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Billy Bishop’s Nieuport in 1:32
« on: May 03, 2021, 04:48:19 AM »
Copper State now has a boxing of the Billy’s Nieuport listed as a Nieuport XXIII, B1566. How accurate is this?  I know there are minor differences between the 17 and 23, but isn’t B1566 generally accepted as a 17?

Offline Berman

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Re: Billy Bishop’s Nieuport in 1:32
« Reply #1 on: May 04, 2021, 12:37:01 PM »
 Copper State Models has got it right. The RFC serial number was B1566 for Nieuport 23. The SFA (Service de Fabrication de l'Aviation) number was N3679. Source of my information:  http://www.airhistory.org.uk/rfc/Nieuport.html