Andrew Arthy, Author at Air War Publications

Otto Kittel eArticle available

by Andrew Arthy | May 22, 2020 | Aces, Bf 109, Courland, eArticles, Eastern Front, Fw 190, Jagdgeschwader 54, Kursk, Leningrad, Luftwaffe, Pilots, Publications

The latest Air War Publications eArticle to be released is Evgeny Velichko’s biography of Jagdgeschwader 54’s leading ace, Otto Kittel. Evgeny has done some extensive research into Kittel’s life, and has produced a most interesting story. The article...

The Crusader Project

by Andrew Arthy | May 13, 2020 | A Little Bit of Everything, Luftwaffe, North Africa, RAF, Regia Aeronautica, Research

An overview map of Operation CRUSADER, showing the confused early fighting, and the eventual Axis retreat across the desert. (Wikimedia Commons) Air War Publications has released several articles that feature the British Operation CRUSADER ground offensive in the...

Air War Courland – Writing has Begun!

by Andrew Arthy | May 2, 2020 | Courland, Eastern Front, Fw 190, Il-2 Sturmovik, Jagdgeschwader 54, Luftwaffe, Nahaufklärungsgruppe 5, Publications, Research, Schlachtgeschwader 3, VVS

Today we are happy to share some very exciting news: after eighteen years of research and material-gathering, Andrew started writing the Air War Courland book! It’s been a lengthy process to get to this point, involving a huge amount of research, many trips to...

Reader Comments on our Hans-Joachim Marseille Article

by Andrew Arthy | Mar 26, 2020 | Aces, Bf 109, eArticles, Frontline, Jagdgeschwader 27, Luftwaffe, North Africa, P-40, Pilots, Publications, Research

In case you missed it, Air War Publications recently released a new eArticle featuring a previously untold story about the ‘Star of Africa’, Hans-Joachim Marseille. He rose to fame serving with Jagdgeschwader 27 in North Africa in 1941, and our article...

24 July 1944: Kittel’s Deadly Strike

by Andrew Arthy | Mar 14, 2020 | 1.GBAK, Aces, eArticles, Eastern Front, Frontline, Fw 190, Jagdgeschwader 54, Luftwaffe, Pe-2, Pilots, Research, VVS

There are times in a researcher’s life when the sources match up neatly, and Otto Kittel’s deadly attack on a formation of 97 Pe-2 bombers from the Soviet unit 1. Gvardeyskiy Bombardirovochnyy Aviatsionnyy Korpus (1.GBAK, or 1st Guards...