WOW126-C
Consignment
This is a Consignment sale item we are offering. It comes in its original box and is in like-new condition.
Thomas Gunn Miniatures WOW126 Nieuport 11 ‘Bebe’
Wingspan: 11"
Nose - Tail: 8"
Height w/out Stand: 4"
The Nieuport 11 ‘Bebe’ was a French WW1 single seat fighter aircraft
designed by Gustav Delage, it was an improved version of the two seat
Nieuport 10. The Sesquiplane design, in which the lower wing is less
than half the area of the upper, provided excellent maneuverability and
was powered initially by a LeRhone 9C rotary engine. With its forward
firing Lewis gun mounted atop, the ‘Bebe’ became the scourge of the
Fokker Eindeckers, driving them from the skies of the Western Front in
early 1916. At the battle of Verdun in February 1916, eleven Escadrilles
of Nieuport 11’s provided superior French aerial support against the
Germans, every French ace of WW1 flew the Nieuport 11 until it was
replaced by the Nieuport 17. Several thousand Nieuport 11’s were built
by the French with another 500 Nieuports being manufactured under
license in Italy, some 200 also being manufactured in Russia where they
flew as late as 1922. Our ‘Bebe’ is one flown by French Pilot Count de
Plandes Sieyes de Veynes of Escadrille 26 and comes in an attractive two
tone green camouflage scheme. Limited to 5 worldwide.