PROFILE # 118

THE KAWASAKI Ki-61 HIEN

(RENE J. FRANCILLON Ph.D)

This series was started back in the early 1960s and takes the form of a small format, soft cover booklet with 12 or more pages.  Illustrations are generally black & white photographs (though some later ones had some colour) with two or more pages of colour profiles.  In addition, summaries of aircraft specification, performance and armament are detailed.  Many of these booklets can still be a useful reference tool and are highly sought-after little books are an invaluable resource for aviation historians, modellers and collectors alike.

Contents:

            A 5-View Colour Illustration of Kawasaki Ki-61-I KAIc, flown by Major Tembico Kobayashi as commanding officer of the 244^th Sentai (Fighter Group) of the Imperial Japanese Army Air Force

          A Swallow is Hatched

          A Swallow Takes to the Air

          The Swallow’s First Spring

          The Swallow Dissected

          The Swallow’s Progeny

          The Swallow’s Last Spring

          Service Deployment of the Ki-61 Hien

          Production

          Kawasaki Ki-61 Specification

Pages:  12  (23.5cm x 17.5cm)

Condition:  Very good, staples very lightly rusted but sound, and pages secured.  Light rubbing is evident along the length of the spine crease.  Light ink staining on back cover page from the front page of copy stored below it; common on these early publications where the pink / red ink from the front cover page wasn’t 100% sealed.

Publication:  1966