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The Importance of Collectors

by Andrew Arthy | Jan 14, 2020 | 20 December 1943 Raid on Bremen, A Little Bit of Everything, Battle of the Atlantic, Books, eArticles, Hs 123, Pilots, Publications, Research, Wekusta 3, Western Front, Wüstennotstaffel

Aviation historians are only as good as the sources on which they rely. In the digital age, it has never been easier to access Second World War documents, and with the publication of digitised files by institutions like the British National Archives (NA), the...

Merry Christmas … and Plans for 2020

by Morten Jessen | Dec 23, 2019 | A Little Bit of Everything, Books, eArticles, Publications, Research

Air War Publications would like to wish our readers a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. We hope you will have a safe, pleasant and relaxing time with family and friends this festive season. Looking back on 2019, we had the good intentions of starting to writing...

Horst Hannig and Fritz Stückemann

by Andrew Arthy | Nov 29, 2019 | A Little Bit of Everything, Aces, eArticles, Frontline, Fw 190, Jagdgeschwader 2, Jagdgeschwader 54, Luftwaffe, Pilots, Publications, Research, Spitfire, Western Front

In August 2019 Air War Publications released an eArticle about the life and Luftwaffe career of Horst Hannig, a fighter ace who served with Jagdgeschwader 2 and 54. After claiming the destruction of 98 Soviet, British and American aircraft, in the spring of 1943 he...

Horst Hannig Biography

by Andrew Arthy | Aug 23, 2019 | Aces, Bf 109, eArticles, Fw 190, Jagdgeschwader 2, Jagdgeschwader 54, Leningrad, Luftwaffe, Pilots

Now available from the Air War Publications website is our Horst Hannig biography eArticle, written by Leo Etgen and Andrew Arthy. This is the latest in our series of Jagdgeschwader 2 pilot biographies, although in this case the subject is more famous for his service...

Over the Aegean

by Andrew Arthy | Aug 4, 2019 | A Little Bit of Everything, eArticles, Luftwaffe, Mediterranean, North Africa, Pilots, Research, Wüstennotstaffel

Adam and a local investigating the secrets of Santorini. Even on holidays, we are always on the lookout for interesting stories, even if we sometimes need help. Recently, Adam and his wife travelled to Greece for a bit of ‘R-‘n-R’. Even before touching down...

A Duck Dive in the Atlantic eArticle Available

by Andrew Arthy | Jun 4, 2019 | A Little Bit of Everything, Battle of the Atlantic, Do 18, eArticles, Küstenfliegergruppe 906, Luftwaffe, Pilots, Publications, Western Front

It has been a busy month for Air War Publications, and we are pleased to announce the release of another eArticle, available in the Front Line Stories Category. This time it is a story by Adam Thompson about some very fortunate Luftwaffe airmen, who survived being...