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Life Imitating Art

by Adam Thompson | Mar 11, 2019 | Bordfliegergruppe 196, He 115, Küstenfliegergruppe 906, Luftwaffe, Research, Western Front

Much has been made over the years of the Nazi’s use of propaganda, both before and during the Second World War, to mould the attitudes and beliefs of German citizens. From films like Triumph of the Will and Olympia that glorified German achievements, and Jud...

The Stories That Don’t Make It To Print

by Adam Thompson | Feb 17, 2019 | A Little Bit of Everything, Bf 109, Jagdgeschwader 26, Luftwaffe, Pilots, Research, Western Front

In the course of researching and writing for Air War Publications, Andrew, Morten and Adam have all uncovered numerous snippets of information that have been at the centre of phone calls, Skype chats, and email-chains lasting, in some cases, many months. Whether...

Reconnaissance Unit 1.(F)/121 at Kasserine, February 1943

by Andrew Arthy | Jan 29, 2019 | 1.(F)/121, Ju 88, Luftwaffe, North Africa, RAF, Research, Tunisia, USAAF

By mid-February 1943 the campaign in North Africa was moving towards its conclusion, but the Germans and Italians made one last desperate attempt to change the course of events, in what became known as the Battle of Kasserine Pass. While the land fighting has received...

Part Two of Hs 123 eArticle available

by Andrew Arthy | Dec 29, 2018 | eArticles, Eastern Front, Hs 123, Kursk, Luftwaffe, Moscow, Pilots, Publications, Stalingrad

Following on from Part One, which was very well received, Air War Publications is very happy to announce the release of Part Two of Morten’s Henschel 123 eArticle. This part takes the story from September 1939 through to the end of the Hs 123’s wartime...

Merry Christmas 2018

by Andrew Arthy | Dec 25, 2018 | A Little Bit of Everything, Aces, B-17 Flying Fortress, B-24 Liberator, Bf 109, Italy, Jagdgeschwader 51, Jagdgeschwader 53, Luftwaffe, Mediterranean, P-38 Lightning, Pilots, USAAF

We hope our readers and followers have a Merry Christmas with their families, and enjoy the holiday season. Andrew and Morten have a little time off over the festive season, so hope to make some progress on a few of our projects. We achieved some of our ambitions in...

The Building of a Desert Fw 190

by Morten Jessen | Dec 15, 2018 | A Little Bit of Everything, Fw 190, Luftwaffe, North Africa

We were recently contacted by Pierre Giustiniani from Marseille, France, a reader of our book Focke-Wulf Fw 190 in North Africa. He had questions about the camouflage of the Fw 190s that flew with Erprobungskommando 19 in North Africa, and specifically Fw 190 A-3 Trop...