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Guynemer checks the 80-hp Le Rhône rotary engine of his sky-blue Nieuport 11 Bébé scout, N836, in which he became an ace on February 3, 1916. (Courtesy of Greg van Wyngarden)
Guynemer checks the 80-hp Le Rhône rotary engine of his sky-blue Nieuport 11 Bébé scout, N836, in which he became an ace on February 3, 1916. (Courtesy of Greg van Wyngarden)