PROFILE # 65

THE AVRO LANCASTER I

(BRIAN GOULDING & M. GARBETT)

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:

            Flying the Lancaster

          Operations

          Double-page 5-view colour Camouflage Profile of Avro Lancaster B.I (LM220 – WS/Y) of No. 9 Squadron with modified bomb-bay for 12,000lb “Tallboy” used on “Tirpitz” attacks.

          Post-War

          Summary of Mk. I Production

          Lancaster Mk. I Specification

Pages:  16  (23.5cm x 17.5cm) – Extended issue

Condition: Good / very good, staples only lightly rusted but sound and all pages secured.  Only light rubbing evident on the spine crease and minor marking on the front cover page (see photograph).  Moderate 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