Blog - Air War Publications

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...

Camouflage Commentary 1 released!

by Morten Jessen | Apr 11, 2014 | Publications

New eArticle release! The first eArticle in a line of camouflage commentaries has been released. Luftwaffe camouflage and markings expert David E. Brown has written an interesting article about a JG 26 Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-8 that has often appeared in books over the...

Meeting Ken Merrick

by Morten Jessen | Mar 15, 2014 | A Little Bit of Everything

It finally happened! After years of corresponding we ended up in Adelaide, Australia, to meet with Ken Merrick, a long-time authority on the subject of Luftwaffe camouflage and markings. The meeting took place on 19 December 2013 at Ken's home, and we sat around...

Part I of Wüstennotstaffel eArticle coming soon

by Morten Jessen | Mar 10, 2014 | Fi 156, North Africa, Publications, Research, Wüstennotstaffel

A lot of material has surfaced since Adam Thompson and Andrew Arthy started digging into the desert activities of this fascinating and unusual unit thirteen months ago. They uncovered far more exciting stories than expected, including run-ins with British elite forces...

Flying the de Havilland Chipmunk

by Morten Jessen | Jan 9, 2014 | A Little Bit of Everything

Today another flying-related event took place when Rod Blievers – a customer of Air War Publications – took each of us on a flight around Bribie Island north of Brisbane. Although not a Second World War aircraft, there was absolutely no hesitation when asked if we...

Interview with Spitfire pilot Murray Adams

by Morten Jessen | Jan 9, 2014 | A Little Bit of Everything, North Africa, Research, Spitfire

Yesterday we met with 94-year old Murray Adams, a former RAF pilot who flew with 250 and 80 Squadrons and had a very interesting wartime career. The meeting took place in Brisbane at the United Service Club on Wickham Terrace, which required a certain amount of...

Meeting Brett Green – founder of hyperscale.com

by Morten Jessen | Dec 31, 2013 | A Little Bit of Everything

Brett (left), Andrew (center) and Morten (right) had a chance to meet up outside Sydney. Yesterday we met with Brett Green in his work H.Q. outside Sydney. Brett, the founder of the world's largest online modelbuilding community - hyperscale, met Morten back in 2001...

Fw 190 Fighting Over Southern Italy update

by Morten Jessen | Dec 5, 2013 | A Little Bit of Everything, Publications

Morten has been in Australia for a couple of weeks now, and there has been some really good progress on the writing of the next book in our Fw 190 in the Mediterranean series. We have written a few of the ca. nine chapters of Fw 190 Fighting Over Southern Italy, which...

Morten’s visit to Australia

by Morten Jessen | Nov 19, 2013 | A Little Bit of Everything

In a few days Morten will be arriving in Australia for a two-month stay with Andrew. Part of his trip will be to see the countryside, including a month-long road trip to meet up with Luftwaffe and aviation enthusiasts like Ken Merrick, Russell Guest, Drew Harrison...