The Life of Barry Gale eArticle Available
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
Air War Publications in 2018
2018 promises to be a very big year for Air War Publications. After a lot of hard work in the second half of 2017, which culminated in the release of several eArticles, we have laid the groundwork for quite a few more publications to appear in the near future. These...
The Importance of Checking it Twice
One of the most rewarding aspects of any research, in any field, is the moment when you uncover something that truly has the potential to change the way people think about a topic. It is that moment where you really do find yourself exclaiming under your breath in...
