North Africa Archives - Page 3 of 5

The Building of a Desert Fw 190

by Morten Jessen | Dec 15, 2018 | A Little Bit of Everything, Fw 190, Luftwaffe, North Africa

We were recently contacted by Pierre Giustiniani from Marseille, France, a reader of our book Focke-Wulf Fw 190 in North Africa. He had questions about the camouflage of the Fw 190s that flew with Erprobungskommando 19 in North Africa, and specifically Fw 190 A-3 Trop...

The Life of Barry Gale eArticle Available

by Andrew Arthy | Jul 27, 2018 | eArticles, No. 111 Squadron, P-51 Mustang, Pilots, Publications, RAF, Spitfire, Tunisia, Western Front

A new biography eArticle is now available, this time telling the story of an important but little-known Australian fighter pilot and unit leader, Barry E. Gale, who served with distinction over Europe, North Africa and the Mediterranean. The eArticle is available on...

Part Two of the 2.(H)/14 eArticle available

by Andrew Arthy | May 25, 2018 | 2.(H)/14, Bf 109, Bf 110, Fi 156, Frontline, Hs 126, Mediterranean, North Africa, Publications, Research

Part Two of our history of German short-range reconnaissance unit 2.(H)/14 is now available from the Air War Publications website. In this concluding section, Andrew Arthy and Adam Thompson take the story from November 1941 through to the end of the war. As was the...

2.(H)/14 Rest Home at Apollonia

by Andrew Arthy | Mar 5, 2018 | 2.(H)/14, A Little Bit of Everything, Hs 126, Luftwaffe Units, North Africa, Research

As an accompaniment to our two-part eArticle outlining the history of German reconnaissance unit 2.(H)/14, today we share with you some fascinating photographs of the architectural remains of the unit’s rest home at Apollonia, as it appeared only a couple of...

A Reader Reviews Our 2.(H)/14 Part One eArticle

by Andrew Arthy | Feb 10, 2018 | 2.(H)/14, eArticles, Luftwaffe, North Africa, Publications

One of our loyal readers has been kind enough to review ‘Rommel’s Eyes Over the Battlefield: Stories of 2.(H)/14 – Part One’. Here is what he had to say about the eArticle, which is available here: Rommel’s Eyes Over the Battlefield: Stories of...

Part One of the 2.(H)/14 eArticle now available

by Andrew Arthy | Dec 1, 2017 | 2.(H)/14, Bf 109, Bf 110, eArticles, Fi 156, Hs 126, North Africa, Publications

The first part of our unit history of 2.(H)/14 is now available from our website. This short-range reconnaissance Staffel has long fascinated the Air War Publications team, and the result of this interest is a two-part unit history eArticle written by Andrew Arthy and...