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The Henschel Hs 123 Project … Good Progress

by Morten Jessen | Aug 26, 2018 | Books, eArticles, Eastern Front, Hs 123, Lehrgeschwader 2, Luftwaffe, Research, Schlachtgeschwader 1, Schlachtgeschwader 2

Morten was expecting to have the majority of 2018 off from 'real life' work and planned to be able to focus a lot of his attention on the Henschel 123 book project. Although that has not turned out to be the case, good progress has still occurred regardless (and more...

Luftflotte 1 on 11 August 1944

by Andrew Arthy | Aug 11, 2018 | Eastern Front, Fw 190, Ju 87, Luftwaffe, Schlachtgeschwader 3, Schlachtgeschwader 4, VVS

Luftflotte 1 was a badly overstretched air force in mid-August 1944, as it tried to assist Heeresgruppe Nord against several Soviet land offensives in Estonia and Latvia. From north to south, Luftflotte 1 supported: Armeeabteilung Narwa, which occupied a line between...

The Life of Barry Gale eArticle Available

by Andrew Arthy | Jul 27, 2018 | eArticles, No. 111 Squadron, P-51 Mustang, Pilots, Publications, RAF, Spitfire, Tunisia, Western Front

A new biography eArticle is now available, this time telling the story of an important but little-known Australian fighter pilot and unit leader, Barry E. Gale, who served with distinction over Europe, North Africa and the Mediterranean. The eArticle is available on...

4. Flieger-Division on 3 July 1944

by Andrew Arthy | Jul 3, 2018 | Bf 109, Eastern Front, Fw 190, Jagdgeschwader 11, Jagdgeschwader 51, Jagdgeschwader 52, Ju 87, Luftwaffe, Research, Schlachtgeschwader 1, Schlachtgeschwader 10

By 3 July 1944 the Soviet summer offensive, Operation BAGRATION, had soundly defeated the German Heeresgruppe Mitte, and was in the process of securing one of its major objectives, the city of Minsk. Thousands of German troops from 4. Armee had already been taken...

The Value of the National Archives in Researching the Luftwaffe

by Adam Thompson | Jun 17, 2018 | A Little Bit of Everything, Jagdgeschwader 53, Kampfgeschwader 40, Research

Part of the fun of research is in tracking down new information and filling in the blanks. And when dealing with the Luftwaffe, there are a lot of blanks! This is because thousands of records pertaining to operations, losses, movements, orders, and a plethora of other...

Part Two of the 2.(H)/14 eArticle available

by Andrew Arthy | May 25, 2018 | 2.(H)/14, Bf 109, Bf 110, Fi 156, Frontline, Hs 126, Mediterranean, North Africa, Publications, Research

Part Two of our history of German short-range reconnaissance unit 2.(H)/14 is now available from the Air War Publications website. In this concluding section, Andrew Arthy and Adam Thompson take the story from November 1941 through to the end of the war. As was the...

Beaumont-le-Roger Then and Now

by Andrew Arthy | Apr 2, 2018 | A Little Bit of Everything, Bf 109, Jagdgeschwader 2, Luftwaffe, Pilots, Research, Western Front

After the German occupation of France in the early summer of 1940, a minor landing ground near a small town in northern France became a vital base for the fighter aircraft of Jagdgeschwader 2. This small town was Beaumont-le-Roger, and the nearby airfield would be a...

2.(H)/14 Rest Home at Apollonia

by Andrew Arthy | Mar 5, 2018 | 2.(H)/14, A Little Bit of Everything, Hs 126, Luftwaffe Units, North Africa, Research

As an accompaniment to our two-part eArticle outlining the history of German reconnaissance unit 2.(H)/14, today we share with you some fascinating photographs of the architectural remains of the unit's rest home at Apollonia, as it appeared only a couple of years...

Here We Go Again … Freiburg

by Morten Jessen | Feb 23, 2018 | A Little Bit of Everything, Research

Although our five-day trip to the Bundesarchiv in Freiburg last September was very productive and gave us plenty of material for many different projects, there were still some gaps to fill, and new files had been discovered in the finding aids. Therefore, Morten...

A Reader Reviews Our 2.(H)/14 Part One eArticle

by Andrew Arthy | Feb 10, 2018 | 2.(H)/14, eArticles, Luftwaffe, North Africa, Publications

One of our loyal readers has been kind enough to review 'Rommel's Eyes Over the Battlefield: Stories of 2.(H)/14 - Part One'. Here is what he had to say about the eArticle, which is available here: Rommel’s Eyes Over the Battlefield: Stories of 2.(H)/14 - Part One...