A Little Bit of Everything Archives - Page 5 of 15

How We Met

by Andrew Arthy | Jun 7, 2020 | A Little Bit of Everything, Publications, Research

Andrew and Morten, October 2006, prior to heading out to the annual Fliegertreff south of Köln, where they would meet Heribert Koller (JG 54), Gustav Drees (JG 54), Hugo Broch (JG 52), Günther Rall (JG 52) and a handful other interesting people. Thanks to Jan Bobek...

The Crusader Project

by Andrew Arthy | May 13, 2020 | A Little Bit of Everything, Luftwaffe, North Africa, RAF, Regia Aeronautica, Research

An overview map of Operation CRUSADER, showing the confused early fighting, and the eventual Axis retreat across the desert. (Wikimedia Commons) Air War Publications has released several articles that feature the British Operation CRUSADER ground offensive in the...

The Importance of Veteran Families

by Andrew Arthy | Mar 1, 2020 | 2.(H)/14, A Little Bit of Everything, Books, eArticles, Publications, Research, Wüstennotstaffel

We have previously written about the importance of collectors to our research, but veteran families are another vital source of information for Air War Publications. We have been exceedingly fortunate to establish contact with more than 100 families of Second World...

Aviation History Books We Love – Part Three

by Morten Jessen | Feb 21, 2020 | A Little Bit of Everything, Books, Publications, Research

After moving from the city of Copenhagen to the countryside, Morten recently had the opportunity to browse all of the books in his collection while placing them in their new spots on the shelves. It was good timing for making the third instalment of our blog post...

Interview with Larry deZeng

by Andrew Arthy | Feb 1, 2020 | A Little Bit of Everything, Ju 188, Luftwaffe, Publications, Research

Throughout 2020, the Air War Publications team plans to release a series of interviews with prominent Luftwaffe and aviation researchers, historians, artists and authors, seeking their thoughts about a variety of issues connected to their work. Andrew,...

The Importance of Collectors

by Andrew Arthy | Jan 14, 2020 | 20 December 1943 Raid on Bremen, A Little Bit of Everything, Battle of the Atlantic, Books, eArticles, Hs 123, Pilots, Publications, Research, Wekusta 3, Western Front, Wüstennotstaffel

Aviation historians are only as good as the sources on which they rely. In the digital age, it has never been easier to access Second World War documents, and with the publication of digitised files by institutions like the British National Archives (NA), the...