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Positive Words from a Sceptic

by Morten Jessen | Mar 14, 2021 | A Little Bit of Everything, eArticles, Frontline, No. 111 Squadron, Pilots, Publications, RAAF, Research, Royal Air Force Units, Spitfire, Tunisia

As much as the Air War Publications team loves traditional, printed, hardcover books, we also enjoy releasing our electronic publications, or eArticles as we call them. They provide us with a means to publish our stories more regularly and more affordably. We are also...

Bostons Over the Baltic

by Andrew Arthy | Feb 28, 2021 | 1.GMTAP, A-20 Boston, Books, Courland, Eastern Front, Frontline, Fw 190, Jagdgeschwader 51, Luftwaffe, Pilots, Publications, Research, VVS, VVS Units

Various Lend-Lease aircraft saw action in the Courland region throughout 1944 and 1945, but one of the more prominent was the Douglas A-20 Boston. In fact, the twin-engine Boston (or Havoc, its official American name) was the most numerous Lend-Lease bomber in the...

A Beginners Guide to the Soviet Air Force Over Courland

by Andrew Arthy | Feb 14, 2021 | 1.GBAK, 1.GMTAP, A-20 Boston, Air Force, Books, Courland, Eastern Front, Frontline, Il-2 Sturmovik, Jagdgeschwader 54, La-5, La-7, LaGG-3, Luftwaffe, Pe-2, Pilots, Po-2, Publications, Schlachtgeschwader 3, U-2, VVS, VVS Units, Yak-1, Yak-3, Yak-7, Yak-9

The approximate Soviet air army responsibilities between October 1944 and January 1945. IntroductionWhile many of our readers will be aware of the main Luftwaffe units operating over Courland in 1944 and 1945, like Jagdgeschwader 54 and III./Schlachtgeschwader 3, we...

Helmut Wenk (1923 – 2020)

by Morten Jessen | Dec 17, 2020 | Eastern Front, Fw 190, Luftwaffe, Mediterranean, Pilots

One of Helmut Wenk’s many drawings illustrating situations from his time in the cockpit of a Fw 190. This drawing shows a dive attack on Syracuse Harbour in summer 1943. The drawing was made in 1944 while he was recovering from a crash. Our friend, former...

Late-War Junkers 87 G Operations

by Andrew Arthy | Nov 15, 2020 | Eastern Front, Frontline, Jagdgeschwader 6, Ju 87, Luftwaffe, Pilots, Research, Schlachtgeschwader 2, Schlachtgeschwader 77

IntroductionWhen operations by the Ju 87 G tank-buster aircraft are discussed, Hans-Ulrich Rudel understandably receives most of the attention. However, he was not the only successful pilot flying the potent anti-tank aircraft, and this blog post looks at some Ju 87...

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...