The Nieuport-Delage NiD.62 was a French

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fighter from the early 1930s. This machine was a descendant of a long line of

Nieuport-Delage Nieuport, later Nieuport-Delage, was a French aeroplane company that primarily built racing aircraft before World War I and fighter aircraft during World War I and between the wars. History Beginnings Originally formed as Nieuport-Duplex in ...

fighters that were designed and built during the years immediately after

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. The NiD.62 was built in 1931 as a fighter for the ''

Armée de l'Air The French Air and Space Force (AAE) (french: Armée de l'air et de l'espace, ) is the air and space force of the French Armed Forces. It was the first military aviation force in history, formed in 1909 as the , a service arm of the French Army; ...

''. It served until the late 1930s, when it was replaced by more modern monoplane fighters. By the time of the outbreak of

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in September 1939, all of the NiD.62s had been withdrawn from front-line fighter escadrilles but were used as trainers in French flight schools. A few aircraft were employed as target tugs. After the French German Armistice and German occupation of North and West part of France in June 1940, the German ''

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'' had no interest in the NiD.62s and they were scrapped. None survived the war.

Variants

;Nieuport-Delage NiD.62 :Single-seat fighter aircraft, powered by a

Hispano-Suiza 12Hb Hispano-Suiza piston aero-engines were predominantly piston engines produced by Hispano-Suiza in France, Spain, and under licence in the United Kingdom, the United States and Russia from the First World War through to the 1950s. Development of these ...

. ;Nieuport-Delage NiD.621 :Twin-float fighter-trainer, powered by a

; Three built. ;Nieuport-Delage NiD.622 :Single-seat fighter aircraft, powered by a Hispano-Suiza 12Mdsh piston engine. ;Nieuport-Delage NiD.623 :One NiD.622 converted for speed records, powered by a

Lorraine 12Fd Courlis The Lorraine 12F Courlis was a W-12 (broad arrow) aero engine introduced in France in 1929. It was not widely used. Design and development In 1926 Lorraine introduced a series of V-12 and W-12 engines with steel cylinders screwed into alumi ...

. ;Nieuport-Delage NiD.624 :One NiD.622 converted for racing, powered by a

. ;Nieuport-Delage NiD.625 :One NiD.622 converted for parachute experiments. ;Nieuport-Delage NiD.626 :Export NiD.622, 12 ordered by Peru in 1933 but Nieuport-Delage NiD.123s delivered instead, powered by

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engines. ;Nieuport-Delage NiD.628 :2 prototypes powered by a

Hispano-Suiza 12Mc The Hispano-Suiza 12M was one of two new V-12 engine designs first run in 1927–1928. It produced about 375 kW (500 hp), was the first to use gas nitride hardening and introduced wet cylinder liners into Hispano-Suiza's aircraft engi ...

engine. ;Nieuport-Delage NiD.629 :50 built with modified wing and ailerons, powered by a

Hispano-Suiza 12Mdsh The Hispano-Suiza 12M was one of two new V-12 engine designs first run in 1927–1928. It produced about 375 kW (500 hp), was the first to use gas nitride hardening and introduced wet cylinder liners into Hispano-Suiza's aircraft engi ...

engine. ;Nieuport-Delage NiD.72 :All-metal version powered by a

Hispano-Suiza 12Lb Hispano-Suiza piston aero-engines were predominantly piston engines produced by Hispano-Suiza in France, Spain, and under licence in the United Kingdom, the United States and Russia from the First World War through to the 1950s. Development of these ...

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Operators

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Brazilian Air Force "Wings that protect the country" , colours = , colours_label = , march = Hino dos Aviadores , mascot = , anniversaries = 22 May (anniver ...

* Paulista rebels ; *

French Air Force The French Air and Space Force (AAE) (french: Armée de l'air et de l'espace, ) is the air and space force of the French Armed Forces. It was the first military aviation force in history, formed in 1909 as the , a service arm of the French Army; ...

* French Aéronavale ; *

Peruvian Air Force The Peruvian Air Force ( es, link=no, Fuerza Aérea del Perú, FAP) is the branch of the Peruvian Armed Forces tasked with defending the nation and its interests through the use of air power. Additional missions include assistance in safeguardin ...

; *

Royal Romanian Air Force The Air Force branch of the Royal Romanian forces in World War II was officially named the (ARR), or the Romanian Royal Aeronautics, though it is more commonly referred to in English histories as the (Royal Romanian Air Force, FARR), or simply ( ...

; *

Turkish Air Force The Turkish Air Force ( tr, ) is the aerial warfare service branch of the Turkish Armed Forces. The Turkish Air Force can trace its origins back to June 1911 when it was founded by the Ottoman Empire, however, the air force as it is known t ...

Specifications (NiD.622)

References

Bibliography

* *Green, William and Gordon Swanborough. "A Gallic Rarity...The 'One-and-a-Half' Nieuport-Delage". ''

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'', February 1990, Vol 38 No 2. pp. 75–83, 92–93, 97. *Green, William and Gordon Swanborough. The Complete Book of Fighters. New York: Smithmark, 1994. {{Nieuport aircraft 1930s French fighter aircraft 062 Sesquiplanes

Variants

Operators

Specifications (NiD.622)

See also

References

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