by Andrew Arthy | Mar 26, 2020 | Aces, Bf 109, eArticles, Frontline, Jagdgeschwader 27, Luftwaffe, North Africa, P-40, Pilots, Publications, Research
In case you missed it, Air War Publications recently released a new eArticle featuring a previously untold story about the ‘Star of Africa’, Hans-Joachim Marseille. He rose to fame serving with Jagdgeschwader 27 in North Africa in 1941, and our article...
by Andrew Arthy | Mar 14, 2020 | 1.GBAK, Aces, eArticles, Eastern Front, Frontline, Fw 190, Jagdgeschwader 54, Luftwaffe, Pe-2, Pilots, Research, VVS
There are times in a researcher’s life when the sources match up neatly, and Otto Kittel’s deadly attack on a formation of 97 Pe-2 bombers from the Soviet unit 1. Gvardeyskiy Bombardirovochnyy Aviatsionnyy Korpus (1.GBAK, or 1st Guards...
by Andrew Arthy | Feb 14, 2020 | Aces, Bf 109, eArticles, Jagdgeschwader 27, Luftwaffe, North Africa, P-40, Pilots, Publications, RAF, Royal Air Force Units
Thousands of pages have been written about Luftwaffe ace Hans-Joachim Marseille, but as our latest eArticle reveals, there are still stories to be told about the ‘Star of Africa’. Whilst researching another topic several years ago, Andrew came across a...
by Andrew Arthy | Jan 14, 2020 | 20 December 1943 Raid on Bremen, A Little Bit of Everything, Battle of the Atlantic, Books, eArticles, Hs 123, Pilots, Publications, Research, Wekusta 3, Western Front, Wüstennotstaffel
Aviation historians are only as good as the sources on which they rely. In the digital age, it has never been easier to access Second World War documents, and with the publication of digitised files by institutions like the British National Archives (NA), the...
by Andrew Arthy | Nov 29, 2019 | A Little Bit of Everything, Aces, eArticles, Frontline, Fw 190, Jagdgeschwader 2, Jagdgeschwader 54, Luftwaffe, Pilots, Publications, Research, Spitfire, Western Front
In August 2019 Air War Publications released an eArticle about the life and Luftwaffe career of Horst Hannig, a fighter ace who served with Jagdgeschwader 2 and 54. After claiming the destruction of 98 Soviet, British and American aircraft, in the spring of 1943 he...
by Andrew Arthy | Oct 15, 2019 | Bf 109, Eastern Front, Frontline, Luftwaffe, North Africa, Research, Schlachtgeschwader 2, Zerstörergeschwader 1
Introduction In early 1942 the Luftwaffe re-established the long-defunct Zerstörergeschwader 1, which had existed with a I. and a II. Gruppe in 1939 and 1940 before being disbanded. Two years later it was brought back to life with the Geschwaderstab, I./ZG 1 and...
