Nieuport 17

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The Nieuport 17 was a highly successful French World War I biplane fighter renowned for its agility and widespread use by Allied air forces.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Nieuport 17 canonical 7
Nieuport 23 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World War I military aircraft ⓘ
biplane ⓘ
fighter aircraft ⓘ
single-seat aircraft ⓘ
aircraftConfiguration single-engine ⓘ
tractor configuration ⓘ
armament 1 × over-wing Lewis machine gun (some aircraft) ⓘ
1 × synchronized Vickers machine gun ⓘ
construction fabric-covered ⓘ
wooden airframe ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
crew 1 ⓘ
developedFrom Nieuport 11 ⓘ
enginePower 110 hp ⓘ
engineType rotary engine ⓘ
enteredService 1916 ⓘ
era 1910s ⓘ
firstFlight 1916 ⓘ
followedBy Nieuport 24 ⓘ
Nieuport 27 ⓘ
introducedInConflict World War I ⓘ
manufacturer Nieuport ⓘ
maximumSpeed about 110 mph ⓘ
about 177 km/h ⓘ
notableFeature excellent maneuverability ⓘ
sesquiplane wing design with narrow lower wing ⓘ
numberOfWings 2 ⓘ
powerplant Le Rhône 9J rotary engine ⓘ
role fighter ⓘ
status retired ⓘ
usedBy Belgian Air Service ⓘ
French Air Service ⓘ
linked to: French Air Force

Hellenic Air Force (WWI predecessor) ⓘ
Imperial Russian Air Service ⓘ
Italian Air Force (WWI predecessor) ⓘ
linked to: Regia Aeronautica

Romanian Air Service ⓘ
Royal Flying Corps ⓘ
Royal Naval Air Service ⓘ
Serbian Air Service ⓘ
United States Army Air Service ⓘ
usedByAce Albert Ball ⓘ
Billy Bishop ⓘ
Charles Nungesser ⓘ
Francesco Baracca ⓘ
Georges Guynemer ⓘ
usedInRole air superiority fighter ⓘ
fighter escort ⓘ
fighter patrols ⓘ
wingConfiguration sesquiplane ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Clerget 9B → usedInAircraft → Nieuport 17 ⓘ
Le Rhône 9J → poweredAircraft → Nieuport 17 ⓘ
Le Rhône 9J → poweredAircraft → Nieuport 23 ⓘ
linked to: Nieuport 17
No. 29 Squadron RAF → aircraftOperated → Nieuport 17 ⓘ
subject linked to: 29 Squadron
Nieuport 24 → predecessor → Nieuport 17 ⓘ
Nieuport 24 → developedFrom → Nieuport 17 ⓘ