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 Morten Jessen | May 10, 2017 | eArticles, Eastern Front, Ju 87, Pilots, Publications, Stalingrad
We are pleased to announce the publication of our latest eArticle – this time it is the biography of an important and fascinating Luftwaffe commander, Ernst Kupfer, the first man to be appointed General der Schlachtflieger. The author is Ed Naylor, who has spent...
by Andrew Arthy | May 23, 2016 | Aces, Bf 109, Eastern Front, Fw 190, Jagdgeschwader 52, Jagdgeschwader 54, Ju 87, Luftwaffe, Pilots, Research, Schlachtgeschwader 10, Schlachtgeschwader 2, VVS
Introduction The fighting on the Crimean peninsula concluded on 12 May 1944, but the Luftwaffe still had plenty to deal with on the southern sector of the Eastern Front. The Soviets had advanced into Romania in March and April, and opposing the advance was the...
by Morten Jessen | Jul 29, 2014 | Ju 87, North Africa, Pilots, Research
Last Saturday Morten was fortunate to meet former Stuka pilot Hans Deibl in his house in the eastern part of Austria. During the four hour visit many interesting stories were told by Herr Deibl about his time in flying school and as a Stuka pilot in North Africa where...
