Nieuport 11/16 Bébé Vs Fokker Eindecker: Western Front 1916

by Jon Guttman, Mark Postlethwaite, Jim Laurier

The Nieuport 11 boasts an important place in the technology race against German aircraft in World War I aerial warfare. It eventually led Nieuport to produce the first plane flown in large numbers in aerial combat by the United States.

The appearance in July 1915 of Germany's Fokker E I, armed with interrupter gear that allowed its machine gun to fire forward without striking the propeller, heralded a reign of terror over the Western Front...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1782003533
• ISBN13: 9781782003533
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK)
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.2" x 9.6"