Steve Birdsall

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Steve Birdsall (born 1944)[1] of Sydney, Australia, is an aviation writer who has authored many articles and books since the 1960s. He has been published by , , , and the American Aviation Historical Society Journal. His wife is Sandra Birdsall.

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.[2]

It was Birdsall who tracked down and confirmed the existence of 91st Bomb Group combat veteran B-17G Shoo Shoo Baby in the late 1960s, sitting dormant at Creil Air Base, Creil, France.[3][4]

He should not be confused with American travel writer Stephen S. Birdsall.

Published books[]

  • The A-1 Skyraider, ISBN 978-0-668-02188-3 (January 1970)[5]
  • Log of the Liberators: An Illustrated history of the B-24, ISBN 978-0-385-03870-6 (June 1973 hardcover)
  • Hells Angels, Challenge Publishing Co.
  • Flying Buccaneers: The Illustrated Story of Kenney's Fifth Air Force, ISBN 978-0-385-03218-6 (January 1977)
  • B-17 Flying Fortress, TAB Books, ISBN 978-0-8168-5646-6 (May 1979)
  • B-24 in Action, ISBN 978-0-89747-020-9 (October 1979)
  • Saga of the Superfortress: The Dramatic Story of the B-29 and the Twentieth Air Force, ISBN 978-0-385-13668-6 (October 1980 hardcover)
  • Superfortress, the Boeing B-29 (Aircraft Specials series (6028)), ISBN 978-0-89747-104-6 (January 1984 paperback)
  • B-26 Marauder in Action (Aircraft No. 50), ISBN 978-0-89747-119-0 (February 1982)
  • B-17 Flying Fortress in Color (Fighting Colors series (6561)), ISBN 978-0-89747-180-0 (August 1986)
  • B-24 Liberator (Famous Aircraft series), ISBN 978-0-8168-5657-2 (February 1986 paperback)
  • Claims to Fame: The B-17 Flying Fortress (with Roger A. Freeman), ISBN 978-1-85409-424-7 (October 1997 paperback); ISBN 978-1-85409-211-3 (March 1995 hardcover)
  • Pride of Seattle: The Story of the first 300 B-17Fs (Aircraft Specials series (6074)), ISBN 978-0-89747-389-7 (June 1998 paperback)
  • Mackay's Flying Fortress: The History of America's Worst Aviation Disaster in the SWPA during World War Two, ISBN 1876-780-27-4 (May 2003 paperback)

References[]

  1. ^ Interview with Steve Birdsall, January 2010
  2. ^ Pacific Wrecks interview
  3. ^ Burnett, Paul C., Editor, "From the Editor's Desk...", The Ragged Irregular, 91st Bombardment Group (H) Newsletter, Auburn, Alabama, April 1969, Volume 2, Number 3, page 9.
  4. ^ http://www.91stbombgroup.com/Ragged_Irregular/RI_1969_April_V2_N3.pdf
  5. ^ Editors, "Airman's Bookshelf", Air Force and Space Digest, Air Force Association, Washington, D.C., January 1971, Volume 54, Number 1, page 24.


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