Nieuport 17bis

Nieuport 17bis and 23bis
General information
TypeFighter
National originFrance
ManufacturerNieuport
Designer
Gustave Delage
Built byNieuport & General Aircraft
StatusRetired
Primary usersRoyal Naval Air Service
Number built84+ 17bis and 17 23bis
History
Introduction date1 February 1917
Developed fromNieuport 17
VariantNieuport 24

The Nieuport 17bis C.1 (or Nieuport XVIIbis C.1 in contemporary sources) was a World War I French single-seat sesquiplane fighter that was produced under licence in the United Kingdom in small numbers for the Royal Naval Air Service.

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