Blog - Air War Publications

Ernst Kupfer eArticle Available

by Morten Jessen | May 10, 2017 | eArticles, Eastern Front, Ju 87, Pilots, Publications, Stalingrad

We are pleased to announce the publication of our latest eArticle - this time it is the biography of an important and fascinating Luftwaffe commander, Ernst Kupfer, the first man to be appointed General der Schlachtflieger. The author is Ed Naylor, who has spent...

eArticle Creation – The How-To of Air War Publications

by Adam Thompson | Apr 29, 2017 | A Little Bit of Everything, Publications, Research

The eArticle creation process is not a particularly straightforward one, but here at Air War Publications we've now had enough practise to know the best way of going about it. We thought some of our followers and fans might be interested to learn a little more about...

Part One of Hs 123 eArticle Available

by Morten Jessen | Mar 3, 2017 | Hs 123, Publications, Research

Now available for download from our webshop is the 'Henschel Hs 123 - Part One' eArticle, which serves as a preview of the fascinating story of the Henschel 123 soon to be told in book form by Morten Jessen. Part One of Morten's eArticle deals with the development of...

Road Trip

by Andrew Arthy | Feb 28, 2017 | A Little Bit of Everything, eArticles, Publications

Andrew is on a road trip around Australia at the moment, and one of his stops along the way was the home of Air War Publications contributor Adam Thompson. Adam co-wrote the Wüstennotstaffel eArticle (available here), is the author of the forthcoming 20 December 1943...

Air War Publications in 2017

by Andrew Arthy | Feb 12, 2017 | Publications, Research

Apologies to all the Air War Publications fans for the lack of recent news and announcements from our team. However, after a very quiet final quarter of 2016, Air War Publications will be back and much busier in the New Year. Andrew and Morten both spent far too much...

Henschel-Museum + Sammlung

by Morten Jessen | Nov 27, 2016 | Hs 123, Hs 129, Research

Several things came together last Friday during Morten’s visit to his long-time friend Frank in Frankfurt, making it possible for him to visit the Henschel-Museum + Sammlung in Kassel. Morten was joining Frank for the arms fair in Kassel, and a few days prior he...

Visiting friends and the Technical Museum in Prague

by Morten Jessen | Nov 20, 2016 | A Little Bit of Everything

Once again work took Morten around Europe. Last week he spent a hectic week in Prague, but despite the busy work schedule he took the opportunity to meet up with a long-time friend of Air War Publications, Ota Jírovec. Monday evening they met again after ten years....

Luftwaffe Weekend #6

by Morten Jessen | Oct 25, 2016 | A Little Bit of Everything, North Africa

In the cold, windy north there was a gathering this weekend. A gathering of Luftwaffe nerds. The location was Eskilstuna in central Sweden and some twenty people had found their way to the Eskilstuna Gymnasium (high school) in the centre of town. It started out with a...

Kurt Goltzsch eArticle Available

by Andrew Arthy | Sep 2, 2016 | Bf 109, Fw 190, Mediterranean, North Africa, Pilots, Publications, Western Front

The second article in our Jagdgeschwader 2 aces series is now available from our website, and this time it features a lesser known pilot and unit leader, Kurt Goltzsch. This will be the first time that this 43-victory ace’s life and career has been described in...

Heinz-Georg Schöneberg and Revell

by Andrew Arthy | Aug 26, 2016 | A Little Bit of Everything, Do 217, Mediterranean, Pilots

Most people who have built plastic scale models of aircraft are familiar with the company name Revell. However, we wonder how many of them are aware that the founder of German Revell was a Luftwaffe veteran who flew missions during the Second World War?...