Founded in the south of Paris in 1910 by Edouard de Nieuport, the Societe Anonyme des Etablissements Nieuport was to become one of Frances’ most important early aircraft manufacturers. Among their early designs was the Nieuport 24bis which was developed from the earlier Nieuport 17. It served with the RFC and the Aviation Militaire as well as with the American Expeditionary Force. It served with the Russian forces and was still being manufactured in that country until 1920. A few survive and remain airworthy along with a number of replicas.

N1895                     c/n W-2                      France

Single seat fighter first flown in 1917