B-17 Flying Fortress in Color

Squadron/Signal's Fighting Colors #61

by Steve Birdsall, Don Greer (Illustrator)

Birdsall, Steve

32 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 1986

About the author

Steve Birdsall (born 1944) of Sydney, Australia, is an aviation writer who has authored many articles and books since the 1960s. He has been published by Air Classics, Flying Review International, Airpower Historian, and the American Aviation Historical Society Journal.
Birdsall toured briefly in Vietnam during the Vietnam War, as a correspondent for an Australian magazine. He flew several airborne missions including one in the A-1 Skyraider, about which he later wrote an illustrated history.
He should not be confused with American travel writer Stephen S. Birdsall.