by Morten Jessen | Feb 18, 2015 | Research
Just over a week ago Morten was fortunate to be sent to central Germany in connection with work. By pure chance, a widow that Andrew had found and corresponded with a few months before lived 60 km away from the place Morten was working at for two days. Despite a...
by Morten Jessen | Dec 24, 2014 | A Little Bit of Everything
Today a completely unexpected package arrived. It contained a bottle of white wine – a Stuka wine! It was sent by an Austrian, Herr Öhler, who Morten was told about when visiting and interviewing Stuka pilot Hans Deibl in eastern Austria this summer. Herr Öhler...
by Morten Jessen | Nov 21, 2014 | Fi 156, Publications, Wüstennotstaffel
Part Two of our article about the Wüstennotstaffel, the fascinating but little-known German desert rescue squadron, is now available for purchase and download from the following location: follow this link. The Wüstennotstaffel fulfilled a variety of vital functions on...
by Morten Jessen | Aug 1, 2014 | Fw 190, Publications, Sicily
We are happy to announce the release of a new eArticle, this time about an event in the early stages of the Sicilian campaign: the dramatic 11 July 1943 sinking of American Landing Ship Tank 158 during an audacious morning raid by a pair of Focke-Wulf 190 pilots. The...
by Morten Jessen | Jul 29, 2014 | Ju 87, North Africa, Pilots, Research
Last Saturday Morten was fortunate to meet former Stuka pilot Hans Deibl in his house in the eastern part of Austria. During the four hour visit many interesting stories were told by Herr Deibl about his time in flying school and as a Stuka pilot in North Africa where...