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3 unusual facts about Nieuport IV


Nieuport IV

Additional IV.G monoplanes were purchased from private individuals including one from Claude Grahame-White and another from Charles Rumney Samson, plus three others though little of note was accomplished with them.

In Greece a IV.G was bought privately and named Alkyon and after being the first aircraft to fly in Greece, was resold to the government which used it during the First Balkan War in 1912, flying from Larissa.

The French government equipped a single squadron with Nieuport IV.Ms, escadrille N12 initially based at Reims, having purchased at least 10.



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