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17 September 1939: Instead of Warsaw

by Adam Thompson | Sep 24, 2025 | A Little Bit of Everything, Frontline, He 111, Kampfgeschwader 4, Luftwaffe, Pilots, Poland 1939, Research

He 111 ‘5J + CA’ of the Stab KG 4 photographed at Lodz-Lublinek on 17 September 1939 whilst on a stopover during the course of a reconnaissance over the Bzura pocket. With the German invasion of Poland two-and-a-half weeks old, by 16 September 1939 the...

Interview with Robert Forsyth

by Morten Jessen | Jan 31, 2025 | Interview, Jagdverband 44, Me 262, Mosquito, Publications, Research

We are very pleased to present an interview conducted with our long-time friend and research colleague – Englishman Robert Forsyth. The Air War Publications team have known him for more than twenty years, and he took on Andrew and Morten’s Focke-Wulf Fw...

Season’s Greetings from Air War Publications

by Andrew Arthy | Dec 22, 2024 | Books, Eastern Front, Frontline, Ju 52, Kampfgeschwader zbV 1, Luftwaffe, Moscow, Publications, Research

Another year has flown by, and the Air War Publications team would like to send Season’s Greetings to all our followers around the world. We hope you have a safe and happy season of joy. As we wrote recently, even though our online presence has been a little...

Interview with Clint Mitchell

by Adam Thompson | Jun 21, 2024 | Bf 109, Camouflage, Interview, Luftwaffe, Research

Recently, Adam spoke with Clint Mitchell, an administrator of the wonderful online research community, the Luftwaffe Research Group forum, about his research into the camouflage and marking schemes of Second World War aircraft. A self-described ‘newcomer’...

10.(Pz.)/SG 1 and Bagration

by Andrew Arthy | Mar 26, 2023 | A Little Bit of Everything, Eastern Front, Frontline, Ju 87, Luftwaffe, Research, Schlachtgeschwader 1

In 1943 the Ju 87 Stuka was committed to a new and very specialised role, as the Ju 87 G anti-tank aircraft with a pair of underwing 37 mm cannons. Only a handful of units were ever equipped with the new weapon, but one of those was the 10. Staffel of...

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...