In the summer of 1917, when the Nieuport 24 and 24bis began coming off the production line, many French fighter squadrons were replacing their Nieuport 17s with
SPAD S.VIIs but some French units retained Nieuports into 1918 when they were effectively obsolete, although the type was preferred by some, especially the famous
Charles Nungesser. The type's most notable accomplishment occurred when Nieuports of N152 were responsible for downing two Zeppelins, L49 and L50 during the night of 19–20 October 1917. France's allies operated them, including the Russians and the British. The Russians would continue to operate their Nieuports throughout the
Russian Civil War, and even received 20 French-built Nieuport 24s after the Czar's abdication. Production of additional examples was undertaken by
Dux, who had licence-built previous Nieuports.
Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5 deliveries began shortly afterward, but a low production rate forced the British to use their Nieuport scouts operationally well into 1918. The Japanese bought several pattern aircraft and from 1921 to 1923 built 102, with work started by the Army Supply Depot at
Tokorozawa until taken over by
Nakajima. These were later designated as the
Ko 3, however the Japanese did not distinguish between the 24 and the 27, initially calling both the
Ni 24. Most of their Nieuport 24s were fitted with the
Le Rhône 9C. The Americans bought large numbers of Nieuport advanced trainers for their flying schools in France in November 1917, which either included 227 Nieuport 24s and 16 Nieuport 24bis or 121 Nieuport 24s and 140 Nieuport 24bis, ==Variants==