Nieuport 24bis

Nieuport 24bis
Role	Fighter
Manufacturer	Nieuport
Introduction	early 1917
Primary user	France
Variants	Nieuport 24
Wingspan	8.18 m (26 ft 10 in)
Engine	130hp Le Rhône 9Jb rotary
Armament	sync. fixed Vickers
Crew	1
Max Speed	170 km/h (106 mph) to 187 km/h (116 mph)
Climb	1,000 m (3,280 ft) in 2:40 2,000 m (6,560 ft) in 5:40 3,000 m (9,840 ft) in 9:25-9:40
Ceiling	5,500 m (18,200 ft)-6,800 m (22,300 ft)
Endurance	1:42

The Nieuport 24bis was developed alongside the Nieuport 24 and actually preceded it into service. It retained the squared-off tail and comma rudder of the Nieuport 17 and had deeply cambered wings for increased lift. Like the 24, the 24bis was largely replaced by SPADs in the autumn of 1917 through early 1918.

Greece purchased twenty 24bis planes in March 1918; Latvia and Poland acquired a few; and Russia built their own by the Dux firm. Many of the 24bis planes were used in the Russian Civil War. Britain purchased some but only used them as trainers.

For more information, see Wikipedia:Nieuport 24.

Game Data

Wings of Glory

Unofficial Stats

Availability	Maneuver	Damage	Dmg Points	Max Alt.	Climb
16Q4-17Q4	F	A or B	13	12	3

Plane and Crew Cards

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  Esc. N124
  Campbell
  RAF

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  Esc. N62
  Tarascon
  RAF

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  Esc. N62
  Tarascon
  Guntruck

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  Esc. N159
  Fairchild
  Guntruck

Card Links

• Polish AF

Miniatures and Models

1:144 Scale

• Shapeways Full-Color: Reduced Aircraft Factory: Campbell (SPA124), Tarascon (N62)
• Shapeways Paintable:
  • Vickers-armed: Decapod, Kampfflieger, Reduced Aircraft Factory
  • Vickers + Lewis: Reduced Aircraft Factory
  • Lewis-armed: Decapod, Kampfflieger

1:285/6mm/1:288 Scale

• Shapeways: Reduced Aircraft Factory

Resources

Orthographic Drawings

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  standard model

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  with added Lewis gun

References

Notes

Citations

Bibliography

• Dr. James J. Davilla and Arthur M. Soltan. French Aircraft of the First World War. Flying Machines Press, 1997. ISBN 0-9637110-4-0.
• Alan Durkota, Thomas Darcey, and Victor Kulikov. The Imperial Russian Air Service. Flying Machines Press, 1995. ISBN 0-9637110-2-4
• W.M. Lamberton and E.F. Cheesman, Fighter Aircraft of the 1914-1918 War. Great Britain: Harleyford Publications Limited, 1960.