The Naval Aviation Museum at Pensacola has a Nieuport 28 on display. Those planes were tiny, hard to imagine taking one into battle.
April 20, 1916 – The Escadrille Américanne, later to be known as Lafayette Escadrille, is established as an American volunteer unit in France, equipped with Nieuport 11s. #France #Lafayette #USA #USAirforce #WWI
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General Yeager - Did You Ever Fly Or Want To Fly Old Aircraft Like The Nieuport, Spad, etc.?
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I had a book on this in the 60’s as a child, wore it out reading it over and over.
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The squadron celebrated its 100 years in 2016 with an amazing Mirage 2000! Bonds between the Lafayette and USA is still strong!
#OldestAlliespic.twitter.com/2JF2cQvhUv
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Isn’t that about the time the QB was formed?
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I was just reading about them! Brave men with crappy planes!
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