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    NIEUPORT 17

    Jan 20, 2022 3 minutes
    WORDS STUART HADAWAY

    NIEUPORT 17

    COMMISSIONED: 1916

    ORIGIN: FRANCE

    LENGTH: 5.8M (19FT)

    WINGSPAN: 8.16M (26FT 9IN)

    ENGINE: 82 KW (110HP) LE RHONE 9J

    CREW: 1

    PRIMARY WEAPON: 1 X 7.7MM (0.303IN) VICKERS OR LEWIS MACHINE GUN

    SECONDARY WEAPON: 8 LE PRIEUR ANTI-BALLOON ROCKETS

    he Nieuport 17 entered service in the spring of 1916, when the Entente air forces were on the back foot. The ‘Fokker Scourge’ had been ongoing for months, with the German Fokker Eindecker holding air superiority

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