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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....

The Nachtjagd Book Has Been Printed

by Morten Jessen | Jun 19, 2026 | Aces, Books, Courland, Crimea, Do 217, Eastern Front, Fw 189, Ju 88, Kursk, Leningrad, Luftwaffe, Luftwaffe Units, Moscow, Nachtjagdgeschwader 100, Nachtjagdgeschwader 5, Pilots, Publications, Research, Romania, Stalingrad, VVS, VVS Units

Great news! Yesterday, Morten received an advance shipment of five copies of the Nachtjagd Over The Eastern Front book from the print shop. After a delivery delay of almost a week, he was finally able to open the book and see the result of seven years’ hard...

Nachtjagd Over The Eastern Front Going to the Print Shop

by Morten Jessen | Apr 25, 2026 | Aces, Bf 110, Books, Courland, Crimea, Do 217, Eastern Front, Frontline, Fw 189, Halifax, He 111, Il-4, Kursk, Leningrad, Luftwaffe Units, Moscow, Nachtjagdgeschwader 100, Nachtjagdgeschwader 101, Nachtjagdgeschwader 102, Nachtjagdgeschwader 5, Pe-8, Pilots, Po-2, Publications, Research, Romania, Stalingrad, U-2, VVS Units

The Air War Publications team is very excited to share our latest news with you: the Nachtjagd Over The Eastern Front book is going to the print shop at the beginning of May. It will be printed and bound in that month and shipped to our warehouse, ready for...

Battling for Budapest: Luftflotte 4 in December 1944

by Andrew Arthy | 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...

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...

9 October 1942 Raid on Lille eArticle Available

by Andrew Arthy | Oct 9, 2020 | 301st BG, 9 October 1942 Raid on Lille, 93rd BG, 97th BG, Aces, B-17 Flying Fortress, B-24 Liberator, Bf 109, eArticles, Frontline, Fw 190, Jagdgeschwader 2, Jagdgeschwader 26, Luftwaffe, P-38 Lightning, Pilots, Publications, RAF, Research, Royal Air Force Units, Spitfire, USAAF, USAAF Units, Western Front

Now available from the Air War Publications website is our latest eArticle An Ever-Increasing Might – The 9 October 1942 Bombing Raid on Lille, the story of the Eighth Air Force’s raid on factories in northern France in the autumn of 1942. Based on...