Frontline Archives - Page 11 of 15 - Air War Publications

Wüstennotstaffel Parts One and Two

by Andrew Arthy | Nov 16, 2017 | Fi 156, Luftwaffe, North Africa, Publications, Wüstennotstaffel

In case you missed it, in 2014 we released a two-part eArticle about the German desert rescue squadron, the Wüstennotstaffel. There has always been an interest in this fascinating little unit, which operated over the Libyan, Egyptian and Tunisian deserts between 1941...

Wilde Sau e-article Available

by Andrew Arthy | Oct 27, 2017 | Bf 109, Fw 190, Jagdgeschwader 300, Mosquito, Publications, Research, Western Front

Now available from the Air War Publications website is a new eArticle for your enjoyment, titled ‘Wilde Sau und Moskitojagd: Stories from the Luftwaffe’s Single-Engine Night Fighters’. Neil Page and Jean-Yves Lorant tell the exciting story of...

Courland Air Battle 19 September 1944

by Andrew Arthy | Oct 19, 2017 | Aces, Bf 109, Courland, Eastern Front, Frontline, Fw 190, Jagdgeschwader 51, Luftwaffe, P-39 Airacobra, Pe-2, Pilots, Publications, Research, VVS

19 September 1944 was another busy day in the Courland air war, and this blog post outlines one of the most significant combats to occur. Soviet units from the 3. Vozdushnaya Armiya (3.VA, or 3rd Air Army) flew 1.404 sorties over the south-eastern corner of Courland...

The Courland Evacuation, May 1945

by Andrew Arthy | Jun 29, 2017 | Books, Courland, Eastern Front, Frontline, Jagdgeschwader 54, Luftwaffe, Publications, Research, VVS

Over the last couple of years a most experienced and respected German aviation historian has been kind enough to contact Air War Publications and share with us a large amount of very valuable material regarding the Luftwaffe evacuation from Courland on 8-9 May 1945....

Ernst Kupfer eArticle Available

by Morten Jessen | May 10, 2017 | eArticles, Eastern Front, Ju 87, Pilots, Publications, Stalingrad

We are pleased to announce the publication of our latest eArticle – this time it is the biography of an important and fascinating Luftwaffe commander, Ernst Kupfer, the first man to be appointed General der Schlachtflieger. The author is Ed Naylor, who has spent...

Luftwaffe Weekend #6

by Morten Jessen | Oct 25, 2016 | A Little Bit of Everything, North Africa

In the cold, windy north there was a gathering this weekend. A gathering of Luftwaffe nerds. The location was Eskilstuna in central Sweden and some twenty people had found their way to the Eskilstuna Gymnasium (high school) in the centre of town. It started out with a...