Squadron/Signal's Fighting Colors
Series · 8 books · 1977-1992
Books in series
#1
Century Series in Color (F-100 Super Sabre; F-101 Voodoo; F-102 Delta Dagger; F-104 Starfighter; F-105 Thunderchief; F-106 Delta Dart) - Fighting Colors series
1980
Squadron Signal Publications Century Series #6039 F-100 Super Sabre F-101
#2
F-86 Sabre in Color
1981
Vintage book
#3
F4U Corsair in Action
1977
This book is dedicated to all the brave men and women who have served the US military in troubled times, particularly the WWII Naval and Marine aviators who fought so hard and gave so much to keep our country free. US Navy Designation: F-Fighter; 4-fourth fighter design; U-Chance Vought (mfr). FEATURES: Author: Jim Sullivan Color By: Tom Tullis and Don Greer Illustrations: Joe Sewell FRONT COVER: F4U-1A loaded with a 1,000 lb. bomb (March 1944) BACK COVER: F4U-1 of VMF-124 takes off from Munda Island (August '43) F4U-4 of VMF-312 landing on the USS Bataan, off Korea (April '51) Historical, accurate information Black and White photographs with captions (picture descriptions) Learn about the (F4U1, F4U-2, XF4U-3, F2G,F4U-4, F4U-5, Au-1-F4U-6, F4U-7) SPECS: 11"" x 8.25"" 1/11/95sk ir/jl
#6
Hawker Hunter in Color - Fighting Colors series
1986
The Hawker Hunter jet fighter was designed in 1948 as an RAF replacement for the Gloster Meteor. The Hunter served with the RAF during the 1950s and 1960s, and later became Britain's primary close air support aircraft during the Cold War, as well as serving with nearly 20 other foreign air forces. This title covers every RAF Squadron to fly the Hawker Hunter. The Hunter saw combat service in a range of conflicts with a range of different operators, including the Suez Crisis, the Aden Emergency, the Sino-Indian War, the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965, the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, the Rhodesian Bush War, the Second Congo War, the Six-Day War, the War of Attrition, and the Yom Kippur War.
#61
B-17 Flying Fortress in Color
1986
Birdsall, Steve
#62
MiG-21 Fishbed in Color - Fighting Colors series
1989
Vintage book
#64
UH-1 Huey in Color - Fighting Colors series
1992
Book by Wayne Mutza
#65
F-100 Super Sabre in Color - Fighting Colors series
1992
Vintage book
Authors
Steve Birdsall
Author · 4 books
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.
Lou Drendel
Author · 14 books
Lou Drendel is a world-renowned aviation artist. His paintings have appeared in the Chicago Tribune, Time-Life Publications, Berkely Books, The Journal of the American Aviation Historical Society, EAA Warbirds Magazine, and in the 60+ books he has authored on military aviation for Squadron/Signal Publications and for ARCO Publishers. He has also authored and published “The Lima Lima Flight Team: The Life and Times of the World’s First Civilian six-Ship Formation Aerobatic Team”, and several eBooks in "The Illustrated Series" on military aircraft. Lou is a founding member of the famous Lima Lima Flight Team, where he flew both leadership positions. (Team Lead and Solo Lead.) He has logged over 3,900 hours in the T-34 Mentor and served as president of the national T-34 Association. He is a Life Member of EAA and a former director of the EAA Warbirds of America. His “Flyers Series” of paintings for American Flyers website celebrates famous aviators and famous aircraft. He is the current historian of the Red River Valley Fighter Pilots Association aka: "River Rats". His own website www.aviation-art.net features a wide variety of aircraft paintings, reflecting almost 50 years of work. Lou and wife Carol live in Venice, Florida.
