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Visiting friends and the Technical Museum in Prague

by Morten Jessen | Nov 20, 2016 | A Little Bit of Everything

Once again work took Morten around Europe. Last week he spent a hectic week in Prague, but despite the busy work schedule he took the opportunity to meet up with a long-time friend of Air War Publications, Ota Jírovec. Monday evening they met again after ten years....

Luftwaffe Weekend #6

by Morten Jessen | Oct 25, 2016 | A Little Bit of Everything, North Africa

In the cold, windy north there was a gathering this weekend. A gathering of Luftwaffe nerds. The location was Eskilstuna in central Sweden and some twenty people had found their way to the Eskilstuna Gymnasium (high school) in the centre of town. It started out with a...

Heinz-Georg Schöneberg and Revell

by Andrew Arthy | Aug 26, 2016 | A Little Bit of Everything, Do 217, Mediterranean, Pilots

Most people who have built plastic scale models of aircraft are familiar with the company name Revell. However, we wonder how many of them are aware that the founder of German Revell was a Luftwaffe veteran who flew missions during the Second World War?...

Enjoy Your Summer

by Morten Jessen | Jul 6, 2016 | A Little Bit of Everything

Summer is upon us (at least if you live in the northern hemisphere), which means holidays and time out of the office. However, that is not entirely the case at Air War Publications. We are working to bring you some more stories from World War II, and some of them are...

Stockholm IPMS 2016

by Morten Jessen | Apr 16, 2016 | A Little Bit of Everything

If you are in the Stockholm area come and meet Morten at Skytteholmsskolan, north-west of downtown Stockholm, where he’ll be behind the Air War Publications stand at the IPMS Convention. Morten has brought along Fw 190 in the Battle for Sicily books, including...

Veterans in 2015-2016

by Andrew Arthy | Feb 11, 2016 | A Little Bit of Everything, Pilots

Although the Second World War ended 71 years ago, there are still participants with stories to tell. In mid-October 2015 we began to send out a large batch of letters to former Luftwaffe airmen, asking if they had any memories or stories to share. The response has...