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Book Title:

The Nieuport 28: America's First Fighter

Author:

Theodore Hamady

ISBN:

0764329332

Category:

Reference

Format:

Hardback

Summary:

My thinking about Nieuports have changed, at least when it comes to the Nieuport 28, which was the first fighter used to equip the American "chasse" squadrons during the First World War. Theodore Hamady has gone a long way to dispel some of our (or at least my) preconceived notions about the N.28.

Hamady goes

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