2.(H)/14 Archives - Air War Publications

Pushing to Rocroi: 16 May 1940

by Adam Thompson | May 16, 2026 | 2.(H)/14, A Little Bit of Everything, France 1940, Frontline, Hs 126, Luftwaffe, Luftwaffe Units, Pilots, Potez 63, Research, Western Front

IntroductionThe German invasion of France and the Low Countries that began on 10 May 1940 caught the British, French, Dutch and Belgians off guard. With troops and tanks of the Heer sweeping through the Ardennes, Allied forces found themselves out of position. With...

Unexpected Outcomes

by Adam Thompson | Apr 4, 2021 | 2.(H)/14, A Little Bit of Everything, eArticles, Publications, Research

Over the years, the team at Air War Publications has reached out to all sorts of people for help with their research. The most rewarding source for Andrew, Morten and Adam has always been veterans and their families. Indeed, in the last twelve months, Andrew has...

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...

The Importance of Veteran Families

by Andrew Arthy | Mar 1, 2020 | 2.(H)/14, A Little Bit of Everything, Books, eArticles, Publications, Research, Wüstennotstaffel

We have previously written about the importance of collectors to our research, but veteran families are another vital source of information for Air War Publications. We have been exceedingly fortunate to establish contact with more than 100 families of Second World...

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...