PROFILE # 52

THE DE HAVILLAND MOSQUITO Mks. I – IV

(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:

            The Birth of the Mosquito

          Structure

          Mosquito enters Service

          Specification

          Production

Pages:  12  (23.5cm x 17.5cm)

Condition:  Very good, staples lightly rusted but sound and pages secured.  Marking on cover pages light and only minor rubbing to the edges and spine (see photograph).  Some very 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:  1965