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Re: Photo Nieuport
Oops! I got confused, blame my age.
N1116 was an 11 but flown by Norman Prince as "P"; Rockwell's "R" was also an 11 but was N1454 (May 1916).
The "R" shown here is a 16 with a 4-digit number - possibly Adj. ROBERT Rockwell but the letter is a different style to Kiffin's.
The Nieuport 80s had an 80hp so hard to tell from the other 2-seaters if you don't know the serial. Some went to the USAS training bases, most Nieuports would have gone to the big general flying fields ( there were 15) at Issoudun. The others were...
Tours and Chatillon-sur-Seine (observers).
Clermont-Ferrand ( bombing)
St. Jean de Monte (aerial gunners)
Souse, Mencon and Coetquidan ( artillery ranging).
The single-seaters had different chord cowlings depending on the engine size but not always obvious.
Nick
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