Books Archives - Air War Publications

Merry Christmas, Happy New Year & Book Projects Status

by Morten Jessen | Dec 25, 2021 | A Little Bit of Everything, Books, Eastern Front, North Africa, Research

Where has this year gone?! As we stare at the approaching start of a new year, the team at Air War Publications recently had time to share their thoughts and experiences on 2021 during a Skype call. As 2020 drew to a close we were hard at work on several book...

Research and ‘Real Life’

by Andrew Arthy | Jul 9, 2021 | A Little Bit of Everything, Books, eArticles, Publications, Research

Earlier this year, Air War Publications released a blogpost about new findings into the life of ZG 1 gunner Martin Heinze. Whilst Adam, Morten and Andrew were excited about the new information, it was not lost on them that it had been a month since they had last...

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...

A Very Useful Resource – Big Books of Maps

by Morten Jessen | Sep 18, 2020 | A Little Bit of Everything, Books, Research

The package had received some rough handling from Germany to Denmark. Luckily the contents were almost in mint condition. A few days ago Morten received a large but pretty ‘banged up’ package in the mail, and inside he found five very big books (A3 format)...

Interview with Doug Stankey

by Andrew Arthy | Aug 3, 2020 | A Little Bit of Everything, Books, Publications, Research

Earlier this year we posted our interview with long-time Luftwaffe researcher and author Larry deZeng. Now, we are happy to present our interview with his co-author, Canadian researcher Doug Stankey, who has also been studying different aspects of the Luftwaffe for...