Battling for Budapest: Luftflotte 4 in December 1944
In the final months of 1944, the Germans and Soviets were locked in a bitter battle for the Hungarian city of Budapest, and the Luftwaffe played its part in this fighting. The Red Army had begun an offensive in Romania in the late-summer of 1944, and by October 1944...
Flying Backwards into War – Swimming Forwards into a Life Beyond the War
In June 2020, Air War Publications released an eArticle researched and written by Tim Oliver about Martin Heinze - a Bf 110 gunner who flew with many notable pilots, including 47-victory ace Herbert Kutscha. At the time, neither Tim nor the Air War Publications team...
Unexpected Outcomes
Over the years, the team at Air War Publications has reached out to all sorts of people for help with their research. The most rewarding source for Andrew, Morten and Adam has always been veterans and their families. Indeed, in the last twelve months, Andrew has...
Positive Words from a Sceptic
As much as the Air War Publications team loves traditional, printed, hardcover books, we also enjoy releasing our electronic publications, or eArticles as we call them. They provide us with a means to publish our stories more regularly and more affordably. We are also...
Bostons Over the Baltic
Various Lend-Lease aircraft saw action in the Courland region throughout 1944 and 1945, but one of the more prominent was the Douglas A-20 Boston. In fact, the twin-engine Boston (or Havoc, its official American name) was the most numerous Lend-Lease bomber in the...
A Beginners Guide to the Soviet Air Force Over Courland
The approximate Soviet air army responsibilities between October 1944 and January 1945. IntroductionWhile many of our readers will be aware of the main Luftwaffe units operating over Courland in 1944 and 1945, like Jagdgeschwader 54 and III./Schlachtgeschwader 3, we...
A Little More Weirdness
Recently, we posted about the weird things you come across in researching the Luftwaffe. As Morten, Andrew and Adam continue to sift through the various primary sources in the Air War Publications' archive, we thought we would update you on a few more items that we...
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Book Project
Merry Christmas to all our readers and followers. Air War Publications has a Christmas present for you - a new book announcement! For several years we have been supporting the work of Australian historian Doug Norrie on the Royal Australian Air Force's No. 450...
Helmut Wenk (1923 – 2020)
One of Helmut Wenk's many drawings illustrating situations from his time in the cockpit of a Fw 190. This drawing shows a dive attack on Syracuse Harbour in summer 1943. The drawing was made in 1944 while he was recovering from a crash. Our friend, former Luftwaffe...
Late-War Junkers 87 G Operations
IntroductionWhen operations by the Ju 87 G tank-buster aircraft are discussed, Hans-Ulrich Rudel understandably receives most of the attention. However, he was not the only successful pilot flying the potent anti-tank aircraft, and this blog post looks at some Ju 87...
