Photo Nieuport

[musec04]

Hi Nick,


Thanks for the further info. Looks like I could have posted the photo in my captured french aircraft thread based on your information.


Another two Nieuport photos are currently on ebay at :


https://www.ebay.de/itm/RP-Realphoto...sAAOSwmAheWVs8


and :


https://www.ebay.de/itm/RPPC-Soldate...wAAOSw33FeWVrL


I note in the time it has taken to post the auction on the first of these has already ended. Hopefully it can still be seen. I also note German aircraft in the background, so presumably also captured.



Regards,


Clint

[Col Bruggy]

Hello,

More photos and information on Nieuport XVII Nr.1420, here:

http://albindenis.free.fr/Site_escad...adrille103.htm

and ...

KEK Vaux (-En-Vermandois) (Chapter 8).

The seventh victory for von Althaus came on 2 July (1916), when he shot down a Nieuport 11 'Bebe' (Baby) or scout of Escadrille F 114. On the same day, Escadrille N 103 reported a Nieuport 17 as missing; both aircraft were operating in the same area. The plane had the serial number 1420 and seems to have been pictured in a photo album of a member of FFA 23. The Nieuport piloted by MdL (Andre) Seigneurie, was captured intact.

See:
KEKs and Fokkerstaffels The Early German Fighter Units in 1915-1916
Ryheul,Johan
N.p.:Fonthill Media,2014
p.88

Col.

[Stig Jarlevik]

Originally Posted by musec04

Hi Nick,


Thanks for the further info. Looks like I could have posted the photo in my captured french aircraft thread based on your information.


Another two Nieuport photos are currently on ebay at :


https://www.ebay.de/itm/RP-Realphoto...sAAOSwmAheWVs8


and :


https://www.ebay.de/itm/RPPC-Soldate...wAAOSw33FeWVrL


I note in the time it has taken to post the auction on the first of these has already ended. Hopefully it can still be seen. I also note German aircraft in the background, so presumably also captured.



Regards,


Clint

The first Nieuport looks like a 17 and carries the serial N1831 (or possibly N1834. Another photo has been sold on e-bay where the serial can be seen much more clearly.
I also believe the unit is N86 but with the shooting star painted a bit more flamboyant than usual.

The second one looks like a two-seater. Any taker for an ID?

Cheers
Stig