In this second lecture, we will examine the history of the Nieuport X BB biplane, then the long dynasty of its derivatives, both two-seater and single-seater, which served on all fronts of the Great War, being used by all belligerents up until the Russian Civil War in the early 1920s.

Born in 1971, David Méchin has been an aviation historian for two decades, writing many articles in the French historical press, some translated for the Cross and Cockade magazine. He recently wrote an encyclopaedia on WW1 French aces published by Aeronauts Press.