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...
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...
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...
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...
by Andrew Arthy | Nov 20, 2018 | Hs 129, Ju 87, Luftwaffe, Research, Sturzkampfgeschwader 3
In the past there have been some questions asked and discussions had about the accuracy of ‘ULTRA’, a term used for wartime German signals intercepted and decrypted by the British and their Allied partners. In particular, questions have been asked about...
by Andrew Arthy | Nov 7, 2018 | Aces, Books, Courland, Eastern Front, Frontline, Fw 190, Jagdgeschwader 54, Luftwaffe, Pilots, Publications, Research, Schlachtgeschwader 3, VVS
There was a considerable amount of air activity in the immediate aftermath of the creation of the Courland Pocket in October 1944, but terrible wintry weather set in during early November, almost bringing aerial operations to a complete halt. It was not until the...
