North Africa Archives - Air War Publications

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...

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...

Positive Words from a Sceptic

by Morten Jessen | Mar 14, 2021 | A Little Bit of Everything, eArticles, Frontline, No. 111 Squadron, Pilots, Publications, RAAF, Research, Royal Air Force Units, Spitfire, Tunisia

As much as the Air War Publications team loves traditional, printed, hardcover books, we also enjoy releasing our electronic publications, or eArticles as we call them. They provide us with a means to publish our stories more regularly and more affordably. We are also...

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Book Project

by Morten Jessen | Dec 24, 2020 | Hurricane, Mediterranean, North Africa, P-40, P-51 Mustang, RAAF

Merry Christmas to all our readers and followers. Air War Publications has a Christmas present for you – a new book announcement! For several years we have been supporting the work of Australian historian Doug Norrie on the Royal Australian Air Force’s No....

The Crusader Project

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...

A Reluctant Airman eArticle available

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...