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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...

Unexpected Outcomes

by Adam Thompson | Apr 4, 2021 | 2.(H)/14, A Little Bit of Everything, eArticles, Publications, Research

Over the years, the team at Air War Publications has reached out to all sorts of people for help with their research. The most rewarding source for Andrew, Morten and Adam has always been veterans and their families. Indeed, in the last twelve months, Andrew has...

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...

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...

Raid on Reghin Airfield eArticle Available

by Andrew Arthy | Aug 31, 2020 | 52nd FG, Aces, Bf 109, eArticles, Eastern Front, Frontline, Fw 190, Jagdgeschwader 52, Ju 87, Luftwaffe, Nahaufklärungsgruppe 14, P-51 Mustang, Pilots, Publications, Research, Romania, Schlachtgeschwader 10, Schlachtgeschwader 2, USAAF, USAAF Units, VVS

By the late-summer of 1944 the situation had become very difficult for the Luftwaffe on the Eastern Front, and the USAAF raid on Reghin airfield in Romania on 31 August 1944 was a fine example of the situation. Air War Publications is pleased to announce the release...

The Liberator Debuts with the Mighty Eighth Air Force – 9 October 1942

by Andrew Arthy | Aug 17, 2020 | 9 October 1942 Raid on Lille, 93rd BG, B-24 Liberator, eArticles, Frontline, Pilots, Publications, Research, USAAF, USAAF Units, Western Front

The 93rd Bombardment Group (93rd BG) had the distinction of taking the Consolidated B-24 Liberator into combat with the Eighth Air Force on 9 October 1942, during a mission by 108 American heavy bombers against industrial targets in the French city of Lille. However,...