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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...

Christmas Day in the Desert

by Andrew Arthy | Dec 25, 2015 | A Little Bit of Everything, North Africa

In the lead-up to Christmas 1941 the Luftwaffe personnel in North Africa faced a new challenge – how to celebrate the holy day when based in the middle of the desert. One dive-bomber Gruppe helped ensure that the Africa-based units would be ready for the big...

Siebelt Reents in North Africa

by Morten Jessen | Nov 14, 2015 | A Little Bit of Everything, Research

The Bf 109 fighter-bomber was vital to the Luftwaffe in the North African campaign of 1942, and it served with several very successful units in the period either side of the Battle of El Alamein (23 October-4 November 1942). These German units carried out...