ACE-02-C
Consignment
This is a Consignment sale item we are offering. It comes in its original box and is in like-new condition.
John Jenkins Designs ACE-02 Nieuport 17 B 1566
All rigging is tight! No screw hole so cannot be displayed on the acrylic stands.
The Nieuport 17 entered service in 1916 and became a mainstay of Allied squadrons during the first World War. It was manufactured by Nieuport -- a French aircraft manufacturer. The type was designed by one of Frances’s greatest aviation pioneers, Edouard de Nieuport.
In 1917, Canadian fighter ace Billy Bishop flew his Nieuport 17 in combat against German pilots, including an engagement with Manfred von Richthofen -- the infamous "Red Baron". After he shot down his fifth plane, the ground crew produced a can of blue paint and gave his plane the distinctive blue nose, despite the regulation against customized paint schemes. Bishop shot down 72 enemy aircraft and earned the Victoria Cross, Distinguished Service Order and Bar, Military Cross, and Distinguished Flying Cross.