Blog - Air War Publications

Interview with Robert Forsyth

by Morten Jessen | Jan 31, 2025 | Interview, Jagdverband 44, Me 262, Mosquito, Publications, Research

We are very pleased to present an interview conducted with our long-time friend and research colleague - Englishman Robert Forsyth. The Air War Publications team have known him for more than twenty years, and he took on Andrew and Morten's Focke-Wulf Fw 190 in North...

Season’s Greetings from Air War Publications

by Andrew Arthy | Dec 22, 2024 | Books, Eastern Front, Frontline, Ju 52, Kampfgeschwader zbV 1, Luftwaffe, Moscow, Publications, Research

Another year has flown by, and the Air War Publications team would like to send Season's Greetings to all our followers around the world. We hope you have a safe and happy season of joy. As we wrote recently, even though our online presence has been a little subdued...

Air War Publications Update

by Andrew Arthy | Nov 16, 2024 | A Little Bit of Everything, Books, eArticles, Publications, Research

We realise that it has been quite some time - almost twelve months, in fact - since the team at Air War Publications provided you with an update on our current projects. Fortunately, much has happened in the past year in our little hobby publishing company, and we...

Interview with Clint Mitchell

by Adam Thompson | Jun 21, 2024 | Bf 109, Camouflage, Interview, Luftwaffe, Research

Recently, Adam spoke with Clint Mitchell, an administrator of the wonderful online research community, the Luftwaffe Research Group forum, about his research into the camouflage and marking schemes of Second World War aircraft. A self-described 'newcomer' to the...

Axis Wings

by Andrew Arthy | Feb 9, 2024 | A Little Bit of Everything, Publications, Research

Our friends at Chandos Publications have a fantastic new publication available for pre-order - have a look here. We were fortunate to get a sneak peek, and can confirm that this will be a wonderful addition to the book collection of any aviation historian. Amongst the...

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

by Morten Jessen | Dec 15, 2023 | A Little Bit of Everything, Books, eArticles, Publications, Research

2023 is coming to a close. The year has seemingly flown by, but we at Air War Publications have managed to accomplish many things, mostly behind the scenes. As we have done in past years, we want to provide a wrap up of the year that was, but also outline our plans...

A Catch-Up, No. 450 Squadron Status Update and a Chat

by Andrew Arthy | Sep 10, 2023 | A Little Bit of Everything, Books, Publications, Research

It has been a long time since the Air War Publications team has been able to catch up in person. In fact, the last time any of the team got together was when Andrew visited Adam at his home in February 2017. Since then, a lot has changed for Andrew, Morten and Adam....

10.(Pz.)/SG 1 and Bagration

by Andrew Arthy | Mar 26, 2023 | A Little Bit of Everything, Eastern Front, Frontline, Ju 87, Luftwaffe, Research, Schlachtgeschwader 1

In 1943 the Ju 87 Stuka was committed to a new and very specialised role, as the Ju 87 G anti-tank aircraft with a pair of underwing 37 mm cannons. Only a handful of units were ever equipped with the new weapon, but one of those was the 10. Staffel of...

Season’s Greetings from Air War Publications!

by Andrew Arthy | Dec 31, 2022 | A Little Bit of Everything, Books, eArticles, Publications, Research

Although there were not too many releases in the past twelve months, behind the scenes it was one of the most productive years Air War Publications has had in a long time. Not one, but two book projects moved close to publication, and there was progress on some others...

Upcoming Book: Night Fighters over the Eastern Front

by Morten Jessen | Nov 19, 2022 | Bf 110, Books, Crimea, Do 17, Do 217, Eastern Front, Fw 189, Ju 88, Kursk, Luftflotte 4, Luftwaffe, Nachtjagdgeschwader 100, Nachtjagdgeschwader 101, Nachtjagdgeschwader 5, Publications, Romania, VVS

For some time now, Sven Carlsen, Morten Jessen and Adam Thompson have been working together to write an expansive account of Luftwaffe night fighter operations over the Eastern Front. Based on an extensive collection of German primary sources, including logbooks of...