by Adam Thompson | Mar 24, 2022 | A Little Bit of Everything, Aufklärungsgruppe 122, Aufklärungsgruppe 123, Luftwaffe, Luftwaffe Units, Research
As part of our series of interviews with writers and researchers in the Luftwaffe community, we present the responses of Andy Mitchell, whose site LuftwaffeData focuses primarily on German long-range reconnaissance...
by Adam Thompson | May 2, 2021 | A Little Bit of Everything, Aces, Bf 110, Crimea, eArticles, Eastern Front, Frontline, Luftwaffe, Luftwaffe Units, Mediterranean, Moscow, North Africa, Pilots, Publications, Schnellkampfgeschwader 210, Sicily, Tunisia, Zerstörergeschwader 1
In June 2020, Air War Publications released an eArticle researched and written by Tim Oliver about Martin Heinze – a Bf 110 gunner who flew with many notable pilots, including 47-victory ace Herbert Kutscha. At the time, neither Tim nor the Air War Publications...
by Adam Thompson | Apr 4, 2021 | 2.(H)/14, A Little Bit of Everything, eArticles, Publications, Research
Over the years, the team at Air War Publications has reached out to all sorts of people for help with their research. The most rewarding source for Andrew, Morten and Adam has always been veterans and their families. Indeed, in the last twelve months, Andrew has...
by Adam Thompson | Jan 29, 2021 | A Little Bit of Everything, Jagdgeschwader 2, Luftwaffe, Western Front
Recently, we posted about the weird things you come across in researching the Luftwaffe. As Morten, Andrew and Adam continue to sift through the various primary sources in the Air War Publications’ archive, we thought we would update you on a few more items that...
by Adam Thompson | Jul 3, 2020 | A Little Bit of Everything, I. Jagdkorps, Jagdgeschwader 3, Jagdgeschwader 300, Jagdgeschwader 5, Jagdgeschwader 53, Research, Schlachtgeschwader 2
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...