PROFILE # 110

THE FIAT B.R.20

(G. APOSTOLO)

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 Civil B.R.20’s

          The B.R.20 Described

          The B.R.20 in Spain

          The Japanese B.R.20

          The B.R.20 in the Second World War

Double-page 5-view colour Camouflage Profile of Fiat B.R.20 of 35 Gruppo 230 Squadriglia of the Aviazone Legionaria (Italian Air Legion), Puig Moreno, Spain, June 1938

Malta and the Western Desert

The B.R.20BIS

Bomber Units of Regia Aeronautica Equipped with the B.R.20

Specification

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

Condition:  Good, the staples are rusty but sound and continue to hold all pages securely although some rust staining is evident around the staples.  In addition to some rubbing down the spine there is some 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:  1966