by Morten Jessen | Sep 28, 2018 | A Little Bit of Everything, B-17 Flying Fortress, Bf 109, Hurricane, Lancaster, Lysander, P-51 Mustang, RAF, Spitfire, Yak-3
The Royal Air Force, or RAF, was formed towards the end of the First World War. It officially came into being on 1 April 1918 and is the oldest, independent air force in the world. This past weekend, Morten attended the Battle of Britain Airshow which was part of the...
by Morten Jessen | Sep 10, 2018 | A Little Bit of Everything, Research
Last week Morten visited the German military archive in Freiburg again, his third visit in the last year. The trip was originally planned to be a three-day stay, but the list of files for both the Hs 123 and Air War Courland book projects, as well as various articles,...
by Adam Thompson | Jun 17, 2018 | A Little Bit of Everything, Jagdgeschwader 53, Kampfgeschwader 40, Research
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...
by Andrew Arthy | Apr 2, 2018 | A Little Bit of Everything, Bf 109, Jagdgeschwader 2, Luftwaffe, Pilots, Research, Western Front
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...
by Andrew Arthy | Mar 5, 2018 | 2.(H)/14, A Little Bit of Everything, Hs 126, Luftwaffe Units, North Africa, Research
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...
by Morten Jessen | Feb 23, 2018 | A Little Bit of Everything, Research
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...
