A Little Bit of Everything Archives - Page 12 of 15

Battle of Britain – 75 Year Anniversary

by Morten Jessen | Sep 17, 2015 | A Little Bit of Everything, Bf 109, Hurricane, Luftwaffe, RAF, Spitfire

Morten is spending this week on tour with a group of Swedes in London, southern England and northern France, visiting many of the important sites relating to the Battle of Britain. Monday started with a visit to Bentley Priory, located in Stanmore on the northern edge...

2015 London meeting

by Andrew Arthy | Sep 15, 2015 | A Little Bit of Everything

Andrew is currently in London on the first stage of his Europe trip, and organized a little get-together of some friends and colleagues on the evening of Saturday 5 September. Most of the attendees had spent the day researching at the National Archives, and then...

Mustang P-51B entry into service

by Morten Jessen | Aug 15, 2015 | A Little Bit of Everything, P-51 Mustang, USAAF

While searching for something else in the ULTRA files, Andrew stumbled upon another fascinating signal, and this time it is a German report on the entry into service of the P-51B Mustang, re-engined with the much more powerful Merlin power-plant. The signal is from 29...

East Prussia veteran interview

by Andrew Arthy | Jul 8, 2015 | A Little Bit of Everything

The Air War Publications team continues to have success in contacting and interviewing Second World War veterans, even though these men and women (all now at least 90 years old) are sadly leaving us at a rapid rate. We feel that it is very important to record their...

Christmas in June

by Morten Jessen | Jun 21, 2015 | A Little Bit of Everything, Hs 123, Research

Yesterday Morten received an envelop in the mail – a heavy and voluminous envelop relevant for the Henschel Hs 123 project! It was one of those days where it felt like Christmas. The letter contained an original Henschel Flugzeug-Werke report about handling and...

Do 335, Ar 234, and Me 262 Pilots Wanted!

by Andrew Arthy | Jun 8, 2015 | A Little Bit of Everything, Ar 234, Me 262

While browsing some British National Archives files Andrew came across another interesting German signal decrypted by the Western Allies. This one is from February 1944, and is a call for Luftwaffe “pilots with highest qualifications” to fly the advanced aircraft...