Upcoming Book: Night Fighters over the Eastern Front

Upcoming Book: Night Fighters over the Eastern Front

by | 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...
Battling for Budapest: Luftflotte 4 in December 1944

Battling for Budapest: Luftflotte 4 in December 1944

by | May 30, 2021 | Aces, Bf 109, Eastern Front, Frontline, Fw 190, Jagdgeschwader 52, Ju 87, Luftflotte 4, Luftwaffe, Pilots, Research, Schlachtgeschwader 10, Schlachtgeschwader 2, VVS

In the final months of 1944, the Germans and Soviets were locked in a bitter battle for the Hungarian city of Budapest, and the Luftwaffe played its part in this fighting. The Red Army had begun an offensive in Romania in the late-summer of 1944, and by October 1944...