The Nieuport 28This book provides an exhaustive history of the Nieuport 28, from its design inception in 1917, through its combat service with the US Air Service, and into the postwar era. The first squadrons of American trained fighter pilots to enter combat in April 1918 during World War I were equipped with the Nieuport 28. Douglas Campbell, Jimmy Meissner, and Eddie Rickenbacker, were among those who cut their teeth on the Nieuport 28 fighter and gained the