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Nachtjagd Over The Eastern Front Now Available!

by Andrew Arthy | Jul 2, 2026 | A Little Bit of Everything, A-20 Boston, Aces, B-24 Liberator, B-25 Mitchell, Bf 109, Bf 110, Books, Courland, Crimea, Do 217, Eastern Front, Frontline, Fw 189, Fw 190, Halifax, He 111, Il-4, Jagdgeschwader 54, Ju 88, Kampfgeschwader 27, Kampfgeschwader 53, Kampfgeschwader 55, Kursk, Leningrad, Luftflotte 1, Luftflotte 4, Luftflotte 6, Luftwaffe, Moscow, Nachtjagdgeschwader 100, Nachtjagdgeschwader 101, Nachtjagdgeschwader 102, Nachtjagdgeschwader 5, Pe-8, Pilots, Po-2, Publications, RAF, Research, Romania, Stalingrad, U-2, VVS, VVS Units, Wellington, Zerstörergeschwader 1

First revealed on our blog in November 2022, the Air War Publications team is excited to announce that the Nachtjagd Over The Eastern Front book is now available for purchase from our website HERE. A taste of the book can be found in the sample pages available HERE....

The Nachtjagd Book Has Been Printed

by Morten Jessen | Jun 19, 2026 | Aces, Books, Courland, Crimea, Do 217, Eastern Front, Fw 189, Ju 88, Kursk, Leningrad, Luftwaffe, Luftwaffe Units, Moscow, Nachtjagdgeschwader 100, Nachtjagdgeschwader 5, Pilots, Publications, Research, Romania, Stalingrad, VVS, VVS Units

Great news! Yesterday, Morten received an advance shipment of five copies of the Nachtjagd Over The Eastern Front book from the print shop. After a delivery delay of almost a week, he was finally able to open the book and see the result of seven years’ hard...

Nachtjagd Over The Eastern Front Going to the Print Shop

by Morten Jessen | Apr 25, 2026 | Aces, Bf 110, Books, Courland, Crimea, Do 217, Eastern Front, Frontline, Fw 189, Halifax, He 111, Il-4, Kursk, Leningrad, Luftwaffe Units, Moscow, Nachtjagdgeschwader 100, Nachtjagdgeschwader 101, Nachtjagdgeschwader 102, Nachtjagdgeschwader 5, Pe-8, Pilots, Po-2, Publications, Research, Romania, Stalingrad, U-2, VVS Units

The Air War Publications team is very excited to share our latest news with you: the Nachtjagd Over The Eastern Front book is going to the print shop at the beginning of May. It will be printed and bound in that month and shipped to our warehouse, ready for...

Upcoming Book: Night Fighters over the Eastern Front

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...

Otto Kittel eArticle available

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...

Part Two of Hs 123 eArticle available

by Andrew Arthy | Dec 29, 2018 | eArticles, Eastern Front, Hs 123, Kursk, Luftwaffe, Moscow, Pilots, Publications, Stalingrad

Following on from Part One, which was very well received, Air War Publications is very happy to announce the release of Part Two of Morten’s Henschel 123 eArticle. This part takes the story from September 1939 through to the end of the Hs 123’s wartime...