Blog - Air War Publications

Luftflotte 4 in 1944

by Andrew Arthy | Apr 15, 2015 | Eastern Front, Jagdgeschwader 52, Luftwaffe, Research, Schlachtgeschwader 10, Schlachtgeschwader 2

Introduction This is a follow-up to a previous Air War Publications blog post regarding 20 May 1944 Luftwaffe operations over the southern sector of the Eastern Front. The German command responsible for that region, Luftflotte 4, was kept very busy in 1944, as the...

A Luftwaffe Camouflage Snippet

by Andrew Arthy | Apr 2, 2015 | Research

Whilst researching other subjects, Andrew stumbled across an interesting German wartime signal about Luftwaffe camouflage, dated February 1944. The signal was intercepted and translated by the British during the war, and Morten photographed it at the National Archives...

Mission Map Creation

by Andrew Arthy | Mar 7, 2015 | A Little Bit of Everything, Research

Today we're going to give you an idea of the process we use for creating the excellent mission maps that grace our eArticles and books. These maps appear in everything we publish, giving the reader a good visual overview of the events on a certain day or mission. The...

Research visit …it was a gold mine

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...

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...