by Andrew Arthy | Sep 15, 2015 | A Little Bit of Everything
Andrew is currently in London on the first stage of his Europe trip, and organized a little get-together of some friends and colleagues on the evening of Saturday 5 September. Most of the attendees had spent the day researching at the National Archives, and then...
by Andrew Arthy | Jul 8, 2015 | A Little Bit of Everything
The Air War Publications team continues to have success in contacting and interviewing Second World War veterans, even though these men and women (all now at least 90 years old) are sadly leaving us at a rapid rate. We feel that it is very important to record their...
by Andrew Arthy | Jun 8, 2015 | A Little Bit of Everything, Ar 234, Me 262
While browsing some British National Archives files Andrew came across another interesting German signal decrypted by the Western Allies. This one is from February 1944, and is a call for Luftwaffe “pilots with highest qualifications” to fly the advanced aircraft...
by Andrew Arthy | May 22, 2015 | Publications
Morten and Andrew’s trip to a small village in the hills of southern Germany in the spring of 2009 resulted in contact with the family of a man who is very important to several of our research projects: Fritz Schröter (1916-2007). We were able to talk with Fritz’s...
by Andrew Arthy | Apr 29, 2015 | A Little Bit of Everything, Aces, Research
Although we never had the opportunity to meet him in person, Air War Publications was fortunate to correspond with Australian Second World War ace Squadron Leader F.A.O. ‘Tony’ Gaze. For several years he exchanged letters with Andrew, answering many...