by Andrew Arthy | May 22, 2020 | Aces, Bf 109, Courland, eArticles, Eastern Front, Fw 190, Jagdgeschwader 54, Kursk, Leningrad, Luftwaffe, Pilots, Publications
The latest Air War Publications eArticle to be released is Evgeny Velichko’s biography of Jagdgeschwader 54’s leading ace, Otto Kittel. Evgeny has done some extensive research into Kittel’s life, and has produced a most interesting story. The article...
by Andrew Arthy | May 13, 2020 | A Little Bit of Everything, Luftwaffe, North Africa, RAF, Regia Aeronautica, Research
An overview map of Operation CRUSADER, showing the confused early fighting, and the eventual Axis retreat across the desert. (Wikimedia Commons) Air War Publications has released several articles that feature the British Operation CRUSADER ground offensive in the...
by Andrew Arthy | May 2, 2020 | Courland, Eastern Front, Fw 190, Il-2 Sturmovik, Jagdgeschwader 54, Luftwaffe, Nahaufklärungsgruppe 5, Publications, Research, Schlachtgeschwader 3, VVS
Today we are happy to share some very exciting news: after eighteen years of research and material-gathering, Andrew started writing the Air War Courland book! It’s been a lengthy process to get to this point, involving a huge amount of research, many trips to...
by Morten Jessen | Apr 23, 2020 | Books, D-Day, Fw 190, Jagdgeschwader 26, Luftwaffe, Pilots, Publications, Research, Western Front
Throughout the period the Air War Publications team has been researching and writing about Second World War aviation history, Donald Caldwell has been an established and respected researcher and author, who has helped us with information or photographs on several...
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 | 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...
