Nieuport-Delage NiD-120

Overview

The Nieuport-Delage NiD 120 was a French single-seat parasol monoplane fighter aircraft built during the 1930s. It was built in several versions that were fitted with different engines. Rejected for service with the French Air Force (Armée de l'Air) after a fatal crash in 1933, only a dozen aircraft were built for the Peruvian Air Force (Cuerpo de Aviación del Perú). Deliveries began at the end of 1934, but the NiD 121s were only service for a few years before a crippling shortage of spare parts after the French aviation industry was nationalized after a series of strikes in 1936. The Peruvian Air Force had exhausted its inventory of spares by early 1939 and the surviving aircraft were scrapped in late 1940.