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...
by Andrew Arthy | Apr 15, 2015 | Eastern Front, Jagdgeschwader 52, Luftwaffe, Research, Schlachtgeschwader 10, Schlachtgeschwader 2
Introduction This is a follow-up to a previous Air War Publications blog post regarding 20 May 1944 Luftwaffe operations over the southern sector of the Eastern Front. The German command responsible for that region, Luftflotte 4, was kept very busy in 1944, as the...
by Andrew Arthy | Apr 2, 2015 | Research
Whilst researching other subjects, Andrew stumbled across an interesting German wartime signal about Luftwaffe camouflage, dated February 1944. The signal was intercepted and translated by the British during the war, and Morten photographed it at the National Archives...
by Andrew Arthy | Mar 7, 2015 | A Little Bit of Everything, Research
Today we’re going to give you an idea of the process we use for creating the excellent mission maps that grace our eArticles and books. These maps appear in everything we publish, giving the reader a good visual overview of the events on a certain day or...
by Andrew Arthy | Nov 1, 2014 | Courland, Eastern Front, Jagdgeschwader 54, Research
One of the most exciting aspects of the Air War Courland project has been the number of veterans we’ve been able to contact. A II./Jagdgeschwader 54 pilot who was always very friendly and helpful to Andrew’s research was Robert F. Hupe, who sadly passed away in...