PROFILE # 76

THE JUNKERS Ju 87A & B

(J. RICHARD SMITH)

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:

            Service in Spain

          Production of the Ju 87B

          “Stuka” Construction

          The Ju 87 in WWII

          Middle East & Russia

          Foreign Service

          Luftwaffe Units & Markings

          Specifications

          Code Letter Allocations

          Luftwaffe Unit Operating the Ju 87B

Pages:  12  (23.5cm x 17.5cm)

Condition: Good considering age.  Staples rusty, but sound, with all pages secured.  Noticeable rubbing to the spine and light rubbing and marking to the front cover page (see photograph).  Internally unmarked.  Moderate ink staining on back cover page against the spine 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