872 is finished!
It's quite a strange plane between the nieuports Navarre used.
first because it was not a new plane. We know it was used before in the N3.
second because it's surely the first plane , perhaps the prototype who used alkan system wich permit the lewis to fire toward the propeler.
the arrival of the vickers with 200 bullet (lewis had 50) made the system obsolete.
Navarre used always two plane at the same time to fly the most he could.
872 was surely used between middle of march and the end of april of 1916 together with first ni-16 965 and later with ni-16 1130
during this time he reach three victory
- 18/05/16 : a plane crashed in Bolante
- 19/05/16 : Aviatik C (capturated) Chattancourt with Boillot (victory n°10)
- 21/05/16 : Biplace shot down in Avocourt (victory n° 11)
I forgotten the SFA numbers... I will put them soon....
soon I will post pics with the diorama
Xan
