PROFILE # 137

BRISTOL BEAUFIGHTER I & II

(PHILIP J.R. MOYES)

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:       

          Development History

          Development Features

Single page of 7 colour profiles – 6 RAF (Mk. IC [x3] & Mk. IF [x3], 1 RAAF (Mk. IC)

          Into the Line

          Double-page 6-view colour illustration of Beaufighter IF, No. 29 Squadron RAF, West Malling, Kent, July 1942

          The Mark II

          Single page of 7 colour profiles – All RAF (Mk. IC, Mk. IIF [x5] & Mk.V

          Australian Beaufighters

          Production

          Specification

Pages:  12  (25cm x 18.5cm)

Condition:  1971 – Reprint in larger format.  Very good, staples rusted but remain sound and pages are secured.  Light rubbing to the edges and only minor bumps and knocks to the edges and corners.  Only very light marking and bumps to the front cover page corners (see photograph).  Internally clean and bright.