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...
by Andrew Arthy | Mar 1, 2020 | 2.(H)/14, A Little Bit of Everything, Books, eArticles, Publications, Research, Wüstennotstaffel
We have previously written about the importance of collectors to our research, but veteran families are another vital source of information for Air War Publications. We have been exceedingly fortunate to establish contact with more than 100 families of Second World...
by Andrew Arthy | Feb 14, 2020 | Aces, Bf 109, eArticles, Jagdgeschwader 27, Luftwaffe, North Africa, P-40, Pilots, Publications, RAF, Royal Air Force Units
Thousands of pages have been written about Luftwaffe ace Hans-Joachim Marseille, but as our latest eArticle reveals, there are still stories to be told about the ‘Star of Africa’. Whilst researching another topic several years ago, Andrew came across a...
by Andrew Arthy | Feb 1, 2020 | A Little Bit of Everything, Ju 188, Luftwaffe, Publications, Research
Throughout 2020, the Air War Publications team plans to release a series of interviews with prominent Luftwaffe and aviation researchers, historians, artists and authors, seeking their thoughts about a variety of issues connected to their work. Andrew,...
by Andrew Arthy | Jan 14, 2020 | 20 December 1943 Raid on Bremen, A Little Bit of Everything, Battle of the Atlantic, Books, eArticles, Hs 123, Pilots, Publications, Research, Wekusta 3, Western Front, Wüstennotstaffel
Aviation historians are only as good as the sources on which they rely. In the digital age, it has never been easier to access Second World War documents, and with the publication of digitised files by institutions like the British National Archives (NA), the...
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