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Nachtjagd Over The Eastern Front Now Available!

by Andrew Arthy | Jul 2, 2026 | A Little Bit of Everything, A-20 Boston, Aces, B-24 Liberator, B-25 Mitchell, Bf 109, Bf 110, Books, Courland, Crimea, Do 217, Eastern Front, Frontline, Fw 189, Fw 190, Halifax, He 111, Il-4, Jagdgeschwader 54, Ju 88, Kampfgeschwader 27, Kampfgeschwader 53, Kampfgeschwader 55, Kursk, Leningrad, Luftflotte 1, Luftflotte 4, Luftflotte 6, Luftwaffe, Moscow, Nachtjagdgeschwader 100, Nachtjagdgeschwader 101, Nachtjagdgeschwader 102, Nachtjagdgeschwader 5, Pe-8, Pilots, Po-2, Publications, RAF, Research, Romania, Stalingrad, U-2, VVS, VVS Units, Wellington, Zerstörergeschwader 1

First revealed on our blog in November 2022, the Air War Publications team is excited to announce that the Nachtjagd Over The Eastern Front book is now available for purchase from our website HERE. A taste of the book can be found in the sample pages available HERE....

The Nachtjagd Book Has Been Printed

by Morten Jessen | Jun 19, 2026 | Aces, Books, Courland, Crimea, Do 217, Eastern Front, Fw 189, Ju 88, Kursk, Leningrad, Luftwaffe, Luftwaffe Units, Moscow, Nachtjagdgeschwader 100, Nachtjagdgeschwader 5, Pilots, Publications, Research, Romania, Stalingrad, VVS, VVS Units

Great news! Yesterday, Morten received an advance shipment of five copies of the Nachtjagd Over The Eastern Front book from the print shop. After a delivery delay of almost a week, he was finally able to open the book and see the result of seven years’ hard...

Upcoming Book: Night Fighters over the Eastern Front

by Morten Jessen | Nov 19, 2022 | Bf 110, Books, Crimea, Do 17, Do 217, Eastern Front, Fw 189, Ju 88, Kursk, Luftflotte 4, Luftwaffe, Nachtjagdgeschwader 100, Nachtjagdgeschwader 101, Nachtjagdgeschwader 5, Publications, Romania, VVS

For some time now, Sven Carlsen, Morten Jessen and Adam Thompson have been working together to write an expansive account of Luftwaffe night fighter operations over the Eastern Front. Based on an extensive collection of German primary sources, including logbooks of...

Close Shave for a Junkers 188 Crew

by Andrew Arthy | Jun 10, 2022 | 106.IAD, 4.(F)/14, 441.IAP, Eastern Front, Fernaufklärungsgruppe 2, Frontline, Hurricane, Ju 188, Luftwaffe, Luftwaffe Units, Pilots, Research, VVS, Yak-7

The Junkers 188 was a very capable reconnaissance aircraft, and it was vital to the Wehrmacht on the Eastern Front in the final years of the Second World War. Ju 188 crews ranged far and wide over Soviet territory, providing vital intelligence on enemy troop and...

Battling for Budapest: Luftflotte 4 in December 1944

by Andrew Arthy | May 30, 2021 | Aces, Bf 109, Eastern Front, Frontline, Fw 190, Jagdgeschwader 52, Ju 87, Luftflotte 4, Luftwaffe, Pilots, Research, Schlachtgeschwader 10, Schlachtgeschwader 2, VVS

In the final months of 1944, the Germans and Soviets were locked in a bitter battle for the Hungarian city of Budapest, and the Luftwaffe played its part in this fighting. The Red Army had begun an offensive in Romania in the late-summer of 1944, and by October 1944...

Bostons Over the Baltic

by Andrew Arthy | Feb 28, 2021 | 1.GMTAP, A-20 Boston, Books, Courland, Eastern Front, Frontline, Fw 190, Jagdgeschwader 51, Luftwaffe, Pilots, Publications, Research, VVS, VVS Units

Various Lend-Lease aircraft saw action in the Courland region throughout 1944 and 1945, but one of the more prominent was the Douglas A-20 Boston. In fact, the twin-engine Boston (or Havoc, its official American name) was the most numerous Lend-Lease bomber in the...