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Nachtjagd Over The Eastern Front Now Available!

by Andrew Arthy | Jul 2, 2026 | A Little Bit of Everything, A-20 Boston, Aces, B-24 Liberator, B-25 Mitchell, Bf 109, Bf 110, Books, Courland, Crimea, Do 217, Eastern Front, Frontline, Fw 189, Fw 190, Halifax, He 111, Il-4, Jagdgeschwader 54, Ju 88, Kampfgeschwader 27, Kampfgeschwader 53, Kampfgeschwader 55, Kursk, Leningrad, Luftflotte 1, Luftflotte 4, Luftflotte 6, Luftwaffe, Moscow, Nachtjagdgeschwader 100, Nachtjagdgeschwader 101, Nachtjagdgeschwader 102, Nachtjagdgeschwader 5, Pe-8, Pilots, Po-2, Publications, RAF, Research, Romania, Stalingrad, U-2, VVS, VVS Units, Wellington, Zerstörergeschwader 1

First revealed on our blog in November 2022, the Air War Publications team is excited to announce that the Nachtjagd Over The Eastern Front book is now available for purchase from our website HERE. A taste of the book can be found in the sample pages available HERE....

Flying Backwards into War – Swimming Forwards into a Life Beyond the War

by Adam Thompson | May 2, 2021 | A Little Bit of Everything, Aces, Bf 110, Crimea, eArticles, Eastern Front, Frontline, Luftwaffe, Luftwaffe Units, Mediterranean, Moscow, North Africa, Pilots, Publications, Schnellkampfgeschwader 210, Sicily, Tunisia, Zerstörergeschwader 1

In June 2020, Air War Publications released an eArticle researched and written by Tim Oliver about Martin Heinze – a Bf 110 gunner who flew with many notable pilots, including 47-victory ace Herbert Kutscha. At the time, neither Tim nor the Air War Publications...

Bf 110 gunner eArticle now available

by Adam Thompson | Jun 21, 2020 | A Little Bit of Everything, Bf 110, eArticles, Publications, Zerstörergeschwader 1

A portrait of Oberfeldwebel Martin Heinze wearing his awards. Our latest eArticle is now available, and it is a story about a category of Luftwaffe personnel that is often ignored: a gunner from a Zerstörergeschwader. It is called The Life of Martin Heinze –...

III./ZG 1 Over Steppe and Sand

by Andrew Arthy | Oct 15, 2019 | Bf 109, Eastern Front, Frontline, Luftwaffe, North Africa, Research, Schlachtgeschwader 2, Zerstörergeschwader 1

Introduction In early 1942 the Luftwaffe re-established the long-defunct Zerstörergeschwader 1, which had existed with a I. and a II. Gruppe in 1939 and 1940 before being disbanded. Two years later it was brought back to life with the Geschwaderstab, I./ZG 1 and...