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...
by Adam Thompson | May 2, 2021 | A Little Bit of Everything, Aces, Bf 110, Crimea, eArticles, Eastern Front, Frontline, Luftwaffe, Luftwaffe Units, Mediterranean, Moscow, North Africa, Pilots, Publications, Schnellkampfgeschwader 210, Sicily, Tunisia, Zerstörergeschwader 1
In June 2020, Air War Publications released an eArticle researched and written by Tim Oliver about Martin Heinze – a Bf 110 gunner who flew with many notable pilots, including 47-victory ace Herbert Kutscha. At the time, neither Tim nor the Air War Publications...
by Adam Thompson | Jun 21, 2020 | A Little Bit of Everything, Bf 110, eArticles, Publications, Zerstörergeschwader 1
A portrait of Oberfeldwebel Martin Heinze wearing his awards. Our latest eArticle is now available, and it is a story about a category of Luftwaffe personnel that is often ignored: a gunner from a Zerstörergeschwader. It is called The Life of Martin Heinze –...
by Adam Thompson | Apr 11, 2020 | 2.(H)/14, Bf 109, Bf 110, eArticles, Fi 156, Hs 126, Italy, Luftwaffe, Mediterranean, North Africa, Pilots, Publications, Research, Sicily, Western Front
Portrait of Günter Schultze-Quentell taken during his service with the German army before the Second World War. Hundreds of famous fighter aces, Stuka pilots and bomber leaders served in the Luftwaffe, but the vast majority of its flying personnel comprised anonymous...
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 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...