Nieuport in Czech service

At the end of April, 1919, the Ukrainian Halic Army was forced to pull back by a Polish offensive. Pilots of the 1. Field Unit fled eastward to the Ukrainian Peoples’ Republic, and some also southward to Czechoslovakia. Among the latter was N.3598 flown by pilot Rudorfer, who landed at Kosice. The aircraft, which utilized many replacement components and a weaker Le Rhone 9c engine, was at first attached to the 2nd Field Aviation Unit, from where it made its way into storage at the Aerial Arsenal in Prague on August 8th, 1919. In 1920, it was delivered to the main storage facility at Olomouc, where it remained until September, 1922. After overhaul a year later, it was delivered to a flight school unit in Cheb. There, it was finally stricken off charge at the end of 1924, beginning of 1925.

In the form illustrated, it was displayed from October 12th to November 2nd, 1919 in the First Aviation Display, put on by the Association of Czechoslovak Pilots in Prague.