by Andrew Arthy | Jul 3, 2018 | Bf 109, Eastern Front, Fw 190, Jagdgeschwader 11, Jagdgeschwader 51, Jagdgeschwader 52, Ju 87, Luftwaffe, Research, Schlachtgeschwader 1, Schlachtgeschwader 10
By 3 July 1944 the Soviet summer offensive, Operation BAGRATION, had soundly defeated the German Heeresgruppe Mitte, and was in the process of securing one of its major objectives, the city of Minsk. Thousands of German troops from 4. Armee had already been taken...
by Andrew Arthy | May 25, 2018 | 2.(H)/14, Bf 109, Bf 110, Fi 156, Frontline, Hs 126, Mediterranean, North Africa, Publications, Research
Part Two of our history of German short-range reconnaissance unit 2.(H)/14 is now available from the Air War Publications website. In this concluding section, Andrew Arthy and Adam Thompson take the story from November 1941 through to the end of the war. As was the...
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 Adam Thompson | Dec 20, 2017 | B-17 Flying Fortress, B-24 Liberator, Bf 109, Bf 110, eArticles, Frontline, Fw 190, Jagdgeschwader 1, Jagdgeschwader 26, Jagdgeschwader 27, Jagdgeschwader 3, Me 410, P-38 Lightning, P-47 Thunderbolt, P-51 Mustang, Publications, Research, Western Front
Air War Publications is very pleased to announce the release of an eArticle written by Adam Thompson about the 20 December 1943 American bombing raid on Bremen, which can be found at this link. This day saw one of the hundreds of pitched battles fought over Germany...
by Andrew Arthy | Dec 1, 2017 | 2.(H)/14, Bf 109, Bf 110, eArticles, Fi 156, Hs 126, North Africa, Publications
The first part of our unit history of 2.(H)/14 is now available from our website. This short-range reconnaissance Staffel has long fascinated the Air War Publications team, and the result of this interest is a two-part unit history eArticle written by Andrew Arthy and...
by Andrew Arthy | Oct 27, 2017 | Bf 109, Fw 190, Jagdgeschwader 300, Mosquito, Publications, Research, Western Front
Now available from the Air War Publications website is a new eArticle for your enjoyment, titled ‘Wilde Sau und Moskitojagd: Stories from the Luftwaffe’s Single-Engine Night Fighters’. Neil Page and Jean-Yves Lorant tell the exciting story of...