Eastern Front Archives - Air War Publications

Interview with Christer Bergström

by Morten Jessen | Sep 3, 2022 | A Little Bit of Everything, Books, Eastern Front, Pilots, Publications, Research, Ta 152

The Air War Publications team has known of Swedish researcher and author Christer Bergström since the early 2000s because of his Black Cross/Red Star books, a series for which he is highly respected and well-known. Our first contact with him was in 2004 and he has...

Close Shave for a Junkers 188 Crew

by Andrew Arthy | Jun 10, 2022 | 106.IAD, 4.(F)/14, 441.IAP, Eastern Front, Fernaufklärungsgruppe 2, Frontline, Hurricane, Ju 188, Luftwaffe, Luftwaffe Units, Pilots, Research, VVS, Yak-7

The Junkers 188 was a very capable reconnaissance aircraft, and it was vital to the Wehrmacht on the Eastern Front in the final years of the Second World War. Ju 188 crews ranged far and wide over Soviet territory, providing vital intelligence on enemy troop and...

Merry Christmas, Happy New Year & Book Projects Status

by Morten Jessen | Dec 25, 2021 | A Little Bit of Everything, Books, Eastern Front, North Africa, Research

Where has this year gone?! As we stare at the approaching start of a new year, the team at Air War Publications recently had time to share their thoughts and experiences on 2021 during a Skype call. As 2020 drew to a close we were hard at work on several book...

Battling for Budapest: Luftflotte 4 in December 1944

by Andrew Arthy | May 30, 2021 | Aces, Bf 109, Eastern Front, Frontline, Fw 190, Jagdgeschwader 52, Ju 87, Luftflotte 4, Luftwaffe, Pilots, Research, Schlachtgeschwader 10, Schlachtgeschwader 2, VVS

In the final months of 1944, the Germans and Soviets were locked in a bitter battle for the Hungarian city of Budapest, and the Luftwaffe played its part in this fighting. The Red Army had begun an offensive in Romania in the late-summer of 1944, and by October 1944...

Flying Backwards into War – Swimming Forwards into a Life Beyond the War

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...

Bostons Over the Baltic

by Andrew Arthy | Feb 28, 2021 | 1.GMTAP, A-20 Boston, Books, Courland, Eastern Front, Frontline, Fw 190, Jagdgeschwader 51, Luftwaffe, Pilots, Publications, Research, VVS, VVS Units

Various Lend-Lease aircraft saw action in the Courland region throughout 1944 and 1945, but one of the more prominent was the Douglas A-20 Boston. In fact, the twin-engine Boston (or Havoc, its official American name) was the most numerous Lend-Lease bomber in the...