NIEUPORT 24BIS

The Nieuport 24 was a French mixed biplane fighter design. The drive was provided by a single 120 HP Le-Rhone 9Jb rotary engine. The flight of the prototype took place in 1917, and the serial production started in the same year and lasted until 1920. Nieuport 24 was built under the leadership of French aircraft constructor Gustave Delage and was a development of the Nieuport 17 bis aircraft. Compared to the original, the main changes were: the horizontal and vertical tail, the airfoil structure and the new engine, which, however, did not significantly increase the machine's performance. The Nieuport 24 planes were used in French aviation under the designation Nieuport 24C1 from mid-1917, but the machine was quite clearly inferior to another French fighter - SPAD S.VII, and therefore it was quickly reclassified to a training plane. Despite its poor performance, the Nieuport 24 was used by the British and Russian air forces. He also served in the Soviet Air Force and took part in the Civil War in Russia and in the Polish-Bolshevik War (1919-1921). Several copies of the Red Army were acquired by the Polish Army and used primarily for reconnaissance purposes.