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Greeting from Kiev! With this message we announce our new model kit # 630 Nieuport 27 in 1/32 scale
The Nieuport 27 was the last model of the well-known French fighter family of WWI, whose lineage began in 1916 with the famous Nieuport 11 Bébé. The aircraft was an improved version of its predecessor the Nieuport 24, in a design which resolved certain structural problems, in particular with the tail surfaces. However, the Nieuport 27 appeared too late and could not compete with newer fighters such as the SPAD S.XIII, and therefore almost all completed aircraft of this type were sent to training units. Apart from France, the Nieuport 27 was used by the Royal Flying Corps, the USA, Italy, Japan and Soviet Russia.
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1.Nieuport 27, N5690 flown by Sgt. Marcel Gasser of Escadrille N.87 Aviation Militaire. France, Spring 1918. 2.Nieuport 27, B3631 flown by Capt. H. J. Hamilton of No.29 Squadron Royal Flying Corps. Proven, France, December 1917. 3.Nieuport 27,(serial unknown) of the No. 1 Squadron Royal Flying Corps. Baileul, France, December 1917. 4.Nieuport 27, N5459 flown by Lt. Jacques Michael Swaab (DSC) of 22nd Aero Squadron of American Expedition Force in Europe. Issoudun, France, August 1918. 5.Nieuport 27, unknown Aero Training Squadron of American Expedition Force in Europe. France, mid-1918. 6.Nieuport 27, N5532 flown by Commander of Escadrille N.99 Aviation Militaire – Capt. Roger de Richemont, 1917. Note!! "4.Nieuport 27, N5459 flown by Lt. Jacques Michael Swaab (DSC) of 22nd Aero Squadron of American Expedition Force in Europe. Issoudun, France, August 1918." Note: the 22nd Aero was not at Issoudon 3rd AIC. It was a frontline unit. Lt. Swaab was under going training at Issoudon and not yet assigned to the 22nd Aero. The large numbers like “435″ were on the unarmed trainers the students flew regularly. "5.Nieuport 27, unknown Aero Training Squadron of American Expedition Force in Europe. France, mid-1918." The skull-n-bones was the insignia of the 31st Aero at Issoudon but was only on the training a/c assigned to the instructors. (The students took their graduation photos in these machines.)
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