Osprey Publishing are to release their 59th book in the Duel series, this time dedicated to the aerial combat of the Nieuport 11/16 Bébé and Fokker Eindecker.

Nieuport 11/16 Bébé vs Fokker Eindecker
Western Front 1916

Series - Duel 59
Author - Jon Guttman
Illustrators - Jim Laurier Mark Postlethwaite
Format - Paperback
Due - April 2014
80 pages
ISBN - 9781782003533

About this book
The appearance in July 1915 of the Fokker E I heralded a reign of terror over the Western Front that the Allies called the ‘Fokker Scourge’. The French Nieuport 11 was one type desperately thrown into action to counter the Fokkers. The swirling dogfights between this fighter – and its more powerful but more unwieldy stablemate, the Nieuport 16 – and a succession of improved Fokkers, the E II, E III and E IV, came to symbolise air combat in World War I. This book gives a detailed look at the developmental history of the fighters, contrasting the interrupter gear-equipped Fokker with the more improvised solution incorporated in the Nieuport – a machine gun fitted to the upper wing to avoid the propeller entirely. The Germans went on to abandon the monoplane in favour of a new and deadly generation of biplane fighters, based on the lessons learned from these vicious engagements and influenced by the success of the French Nieuport.

Contents
Introduction
Chronology
Design and Development
Technical Specifications
The Strategic Situation
The Combatants
Combat
Statistics and Analysis
Aftermath
Bibliography
Index

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