Baldrick62
04-30-2012, 14:09
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Nieuport Aircraft of World War One Author:
J M Bruce ISBN:
0-85368-934-2 Category:
Reference Format:
Paperback Summary:
Arms and Armour Press Vintage Warbirds No.10 is a 64pp alphabetical study from the Nieuport IV monoplanes taken to Libya by the Italians in 1911 to the radically modern-looking Nieuport 31 (though it does skip many of the bizarre multi-engine designs and prototypes), illustrated with 131 B&W photos. Generally, each photo has a quite detailed description of the aircraft type, the individual aircraft in the picture and comments on markings, capability and/or action in which it was involved. There are some quite unusual photos and subjects, like a marinised Nieuport 28C.1 preparing for launch of a turret-top platform and the strangely laid-out triplane fighter derived from the Nieuport 17C.1, which saw (very) limited service with the RNAS. Published in the 1980s, the Vintage Warbirds series still turns up at book exchanges for not a lot more than the original cover price of £4.95, which makes it quite a bargain for what you get.
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Nieuport Aircraft of World War One Author:
J M Bruce ISBN:
0-85368-934-2 Category:
Reference Format:
Paperback Summary:
Arms and Armour Press Vintage Warbirds No.10 is a 64pp alphabetical study from the Nieuport IV monoplanes taken to Libya by the Italians in 1911 to the radically modern-looking Nieuport 31 (though it does skip many of the bizarre multi-engine designs and prototypes), illustrated with 131 B&W photos. Generally, each photo has a quite detailed description of the aircraft type, the individual aircraft in the picture and comments on markings, capability and/or action in which it was involved. There are some quite unusual photos and subjects, like a marinised Nieuport 28C.1 preparing for launch of a turret-top platform and the strangely laid-out triplane fighter derived from the Nieuport 17C.1, which saw (very) limited service with the RNAS. Published in the 1980s, the Vintage Warbirds series still turns up at book exchanges for not a lot more than the original cover price of £4.95, which makes it quite a bargain for what you get.
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