Morane Saulnier-N

The Morane-Saulnier N, was a French monoplane fighter airplane from the First World War. It was designed in and manufactured by Morane-Saulnier, it entered into service in April 1915 with the French Aéronautique Militaire, who named it Morane-Saulnier MS.5C1.
Even if it was a clean and streamlined aircraft, it wasn't easy to fly due to a mixture of stiff lateral control caused by using wing warping instead of ailerons, sensitive pitch and yaw controls caused by using an all-flying tail, and very high landing speed for the period. It was armed with a single unsynchronised forward-firing 7.92mm Hotchkiss machine gun which used the defector wedges, first used in the Morane-Saulnier L to fire through the propeller arc. It was powered by a single 80hp (60Kw) Le Rhône 9C air-cooled rotary engine.
A large metal "casserolle" spinner was designed to make the aircraft more streamlined, but it was found that it overheated the engine, so many pilots removed it. In fact, in 1915, most of them were removed so overheating problems dissappeared with little loss in performance.
Forty-nine aircrafts were manufactured but they were already obsolete by the end of 1915 in the Western Front as the aircraft development ran very fast back then.
A version with a modified tail was introduced in very small numbers, the type Nm.
It served with the French Aéronautique Militaire at the hands of mighty pilots like Roland Garros. It's service was highly successful as they had an aicraft that could face the German Pfalz E.I. It  also served with some squadrons of the Royal Flying Corps, where it earned the nickname of "The Bullet" and was also manned by pilots of the 19th Squadron of the Imperial Russian Air Force, operating in Ukraine, where at least three of them served with the Ukranian Galician Army, of the West Ukrainian People's Republic during the years of the Russian Revolution and Russian civil war.

Sources:
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morane-Saulnier_N
2. http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/weapons_morane_saulnier_Type_N.html
3. Salamander Books - The Complete Book of Fighters

Morane-Saulnier L - Various European users

We keep on going with the various users of the Morane-Saulnier Type L and today we cover its European and Turkish users except for French, British and Russian ones which will have their own post.

• Belgium: The Belgian Aviation Militaire adquired some Morane-Saulnier L prior to the World War I together with the Morane-Saulnier Type G. The type L was employed in the scout role during the early days of the World War I and was outdated and quickly replaced. As we couldn't find graphical evidence of the type L in Belgian service, the colours should be considered as speculative.
• Czechoslovakia: Apparently, the Czechoslovak state had at least one Type L in service, however any further information is unknown and the drawing must be considered as speculative.
• Finland: This country had also some Type L that adquired together with the modified licensed Swedish version Thulin D. Apparently it served its role as scout/trainer in the early Finnish Army Corps of Aviation.
• Holland: Apparently at least one airplane served with the Dutch Aviation corps. However, as we couldn't find any further information, the drawing is speculative.
• Poland: Somehow, the early Polish Air Force got a Type L that was probably used as a trainer during its early days. As we couldn't find further info the drawing should be considered as speculative.
• Romania: Prior to World War I the Romanian Army bought a Type L and it served as scout during the war. As there isn't graphical evidence to support the claim, the drawing should be considered as speculative.
• Ottoman Empire: The Ottoman Aviation Commission bought a Type L before the war and it was used in the early war. It was widely liked and later they bought the German Pfalz copy.
• West Ukrainian People's Republic (ZUNR): Apparently some ex-Russian built Type L served with the ZUNR during their convoluted existance.

Sources:

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morane-Saulnier_L

2. Salamander Books - The Complete Book of Fighters