PROFILE # 195

THE POTEZ 63 SERIES

(RAYMOND DANEL)

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:

          Full page of 6 Profile Camouflage Illustrations of representative aircraft from the French Air Force (5) and Rumanian Air Force (1) together with appropriate insignia

          Birth of the Potez 63

          Pre-War Production Orders

          Joining the Ranks

          The “Phoney War” Period

          Double-page of 5-view Camouflage Illustrations of Potez 63, No. 198 of Escadrille de Chasse de Nuit 1/13; Nîmes-Garons, Summer 1940

          Potez 637 and 63.11

          The “Blitzkrieg” Period

          F.A.F.L. Potez 63’s

          Serving with Vichy Air Force

          End of a Career

          Potez 63 Production

          Potez 63 Specification

          Full page of 6 Profile Camouflage Illustrations of representative Potez 63.11 from the French Air Force (5) and Free Polish Air Force (1) together with appropriate insignia

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

Condition:  Very good, staples rusty but sound and pages secured.  The spine crease displays a little rubbing, but the cover page remains clean and fresh (see photograph).  Only minor 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:  1967