Built in 1915, this Nieuport 12 was a gift to Canada from the Government of France. Transported from France to Halifax by steamship in February 1917, the War Trophies Board exhibited the aircraft across North America as a war relic, to raise public support for the war effort. This Nieuport was the first aircraft that the Canadian government retained for its historical significance, and is one of only two known to exist worldwide. It was transferred to the Canadian War Museum in the 1930s and to this Museum in 1965. In the 1990s, the Museum restored it to appear as it would have done in 1917.

Delivered to Pan Am's Alaska division as NC33665 in 1941 but then to USN as BuNo 99093. Returned to civil registry in 1944. To Continental Can Company 1948. Later N1509. Seen in its timber Morristown hangar with the company's Liberator Express, N1503. Photo from: Library of Congress