PROFILE # 175

THE PHÖNIX SCOUTS

(GEORGE HADDOW)

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:

          Single-page of 5-view Camouflage Illustrations of Phönix D.I of the K.u.K. Kriegsmarine, captured by Italian forces on July 19^th, 1918.

          The Phönix D.I

          The Phönix D.II & D.IIa

          The Phönix D.III

          The Phönix D.IV

          The Phönix in Sweden

          Phönix Fighter Production

          Specification

Pages:  12  (23.5cm x 17.5cm)

Condition:  Very good, staples only very lightly rusted and sound with pages well secured.  Light rubbing evident down the spine crease and light ink staining evident 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