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PROFILE # 40

THE MESSERSCHMITT Bf 109E

(MARTIN C. WINDROW)

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:

            Production Begins

          War in the West

          The Great Test

          Luftwaffe Fighter Units Western Front, 1^st August 1940

          Later Developments

          Flying the Emil

          Luftwaffe Units and Markings

          Structure of the Geschwader

          Specification

          Structure

Pages:  12  (23.5cm x 17.5cm)

Condition:  Very good, staples rust-free and sound with pages secured although some rubbing evident down the spine.  Some 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:  1965