by Andrew Arthy | May 18, 2014 | A Little Bit of Everything, Wüstennotstaffel
This is a photograph of a fascinating piece of Wüstennotstaffel memorabilia that belonged to Staffelkapitän Heinz Kroseberg before his death on 12 May 1942. It is a birthday plaque made for his 43rd birthday (23 February 1942) by a Wüstennotstaffel comrade from the...
by Morten Jessen | Mar 10, 2014 | Fi 156, North Africa, Publications, Research, Wüstennotstaffel
A lot of material has surfaced since Adam Thompson and Andrew Arthy started digging into the desert activities of this fascinating and unusual unit thirteen months ago. They uncovered far more exciting stories than expected, including run-ins with British elite forces...
by Morten Jessen | Oct 22, 2013 | Fi 156, Publications, Wüstennotstaffel
Air War Publications has another exciting eArticle nearing completion, this time about the German desert rescue squadron, the 1. Wüstennotstaffel. This unique unit, equipped with the remarkable Fieseler Storch STOL aircraft, served as a multi-purpose squadron for the...
by Morten Jessen | Oct 18, 2013 | Aces, Bf 109, Fw 190, Jagdgeschwader 2, Publications, Western Front
We’ve been working on them for a while, and several biographies of Jagdgeschwader 2 aces are nearing completion. There will be three standalone biographies of the following prominent stalwarts of the Richthofen Geschwader: Erich Hohagen (Ritterkreuz and 56-victory...
by Morten Jessen | Aug 27, 2012 | Courland, Eastern Front, Fw 190, Jagdgeschwader 54, Research, Schlachtgeschwader 3
Here’s an extract from one of the documents we recently photographed with a little bit of information for the Courland project. This file includes daily German reports of Soviet air activity during 1945. In February 1945 Zabeln airfield was home to the I. Gruppe...
