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Old 29th February 2020, 14:48
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Re: Photo Nieuport

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Originally Posted by Buckeye30 View Post
Hi Clint. The star was formerly carried by VB103, the Nieuport captured in 1916; there are several other photos of it showing the big spinner. N103 used Roman numerals, the "V" was repeated on top left wing.
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Nick
Nick
Just so nobody misunderstands your statement. The unit was Esc 103 all the time. The French used a prefix to emphasize their units main equipment.
When using Voisin bombers, thus VB103 and when the Nieuport became the main equipment the prefix (only) switched to N.
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