Merry Christmas and a Happy New Book Project
Merry Christmas to all our readers and followers. Air War Publications has a Christmas present for you - a new book announcement! For several years we have been supporting the work of Australian historian Doug Norrie on the Royal Australian Air Force's No. 450...
Helmut Wenk (1923 – 2020)
One of Helmut Wenk's many drawings illustrating situations from his time in the cockpit of a Fw 190. This drawing shows a dive attack on Syracuse Harbour in summer 1943. The drawing was made in 1944 while he was recovering from a crash. Our friend, former Luftwaffe...
Late-War Junkers 87 G Operations
IntroductionWhen operations by the Ju 87 G tank-buster aircraft are discussed, Hans-Ulrich Rudel understandably receives most of the attention. However, he was not the only successful pilot flying the potent anti-tank aircraft, and this blog post looks at some Ju 87...
9 October 1942 Raid on Lille eArticle Available
Now available from the Air War Publications website is our latest eArticle An Ever-Increasing Might - The 9 October 1942 Bombing Raid on Lille, the story of the Eighth Air Force's raid on factories in northern France in the autumn of 1942. Based on extensive research,...
A Very Useful Resource – Big Books of Maps
The package had received some rough handling from Germany to Denmark. Luckily the contents were almost in mint condition. A few days ago Morten received a large but pretty 'banged up' package in the mail, and inside he found five very big books (A3 format) that he has...
Raid on Reghin Airfield eArticle Available
By the late-summer of 1944 the situation had become very difficult for the Luftwaffe on the Eastern Front, and the USAAF raid on Reghin airfield in Romania on 31 August 1944 was a fine example of the situation. Air War Publications is pleased to announce the release...
The Liberator Debuts with the Mighty Eighth Air Force – 9 October 1942
The 93rd Bombardment Group (93rd BG) had the distinction of taking the Consolidated B-24 Liberator into combat with the Eighth Air Force on 9 October 1942, during a mission by 108 American heavy bombers against industrial targets in the French city of Lille. However,...
Interview with Doug Stankey
Earlier this year we posted our interview with long-time Luftwaffe researcher and author Larry deZeng. Now, we are happy to present our interview with his co-author, Canadian researcher Doug Stankey, who has also been studying different aspects of the Luftwaffe for...
The Weird Things You Come Across
Invariably when researching any topic, you are bound to come across some oddities that remind you that the men and women whose lives you are looking into often were no different to ourselves. They had ordinary needs, sometimes made mistakes, or used their positions to...
Bf 110 gunner eArticle now available
A portrait of Oberfeldwebel Martin Heinze wearing his awards. Our latest eArticle is now available, and it is a story about a category of Luftwaffe personnel that is often ignored: a gunner from a Zerstörergeschwader. It is called The Life of Martin Heinze - Stories...