Blog - Air War Publications

Stuka Wine!

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 had an...

Wüstennotstaffel – Part Two Now Available!

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...

Courland Interview

by Andrew Arthy | Nov 1, 2014 | Courland, Eastern Front, Jagdgeschwader 54, Research

One of the most exciting aspects of the Air War Courland project has been the number of veterans we’ve been able to contact. A II./Jagdgeschwader 54 pilot who was always very friendly and helpful to Andrew’s research was Robert F. Hupe, who sadly passed away in...

New eArticle – The Sinking of LST-158

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...

Interview with Stuka pilot Hans Deibl

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...

12 September 1944 Combat and Kurt Bühligen

by Andrew Arthy | Jun 6, 2014 | Aces, Jagdgeschwader 2, Research, Western Front

Hi folks, Andrew here. The following story had to be cut from our Kurt Bühligen eArticle due to lack of space, so I thought I'd post it here instead. Hope it's of interest. The Bühligen article will be ready for layout very soon, and should be of great interest to...

Wüstennotstaffel – Part One Released!

by Morten Jessen | May 23, 2014 | Fi 156, North Africa, Publications, Wüstennotstaffel

Part One 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 functions on behalf...

Wüstennotstaffel Review by Chris Shores

by Andrew Arthy | May 21, 2014 | Fi 156, North Africa, Publications, Wüstennotstaffel

We’ve been talking about it for a while, but our Wüstennotstaffel – Part One eArticle is now only a few days away from release. We recently sent a copy to Christopher Shores, who was kind enough to review it for us, and also mentions his forthcoming Volume 2 of the...

Wüstennotstaffel Emblem Photo

by Andrew Arthy | May 18, 2014 | A Little Bit of Everything, Wüstennotstaffel

This is a photograph of a fascinating piece of Wüstennotstaffel memorabilia that belonged to Staffelkapitän Heinz Kroseberg before his death on 12 May 1942. It is a birthday plaque made for his 43rd birthday (23 February 1942) by a Wüstennotstaffel comrade from the...

Working on Henschel Hs 123 Pilot Interviews

by Morten Jessen | May 13, 2014 | A Little Bit of Everything, Hs 123, Pilots, Research

From February 2008 to June 2011 Morten was fortunate to interview a few Hs 123 pilots on a number of occasions and gain a good insight into their wartime careers as well as how they experienced flying the Hs 123 under various conditions. Most notably Morten...