After entering WW1, the young U.S. Army Air Service (USAAS) did not have fighter aircraft of their own. To fill this void they were assigned French built Nieuport 28 C.1.
Many young American aces, like Eddie Rickenbacker, scored their first victories in a Nieuport.
These beautiful birds graced the flight line at the Mid-Eastern Regional Fly-in (MERFI), Grimes Field (I74), Urbana, Ohio. August 20, 2022.
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