by Andrew Arthy | May 25, 2018 | 2.(H)/14, Bf 109, Bf 110, Fi 156, Frontline, Hs 126, Mediterranean, North Africa, Publications, Research
Part Two of our history of German short-range reconnaissance unit 2.(H)/14 is now available from the Air War Publications website. In this concluding section, Andrew Arthy and Adam Thompson take the story from November 1941 through to the end of the war. As was the...
by Andrew Arthy | Apr 2, 2018 | A Little Bit of Everything, Bf 109, Jagdgeschwader 2, Luftwaffe, Pilots, Research, Western Front
After the German occupation of France in the early summer of 1940, a minor landing ground near a small town in northern France became a vital base for the fighter aircraft of Jagdgeschwader 2. This small town was Beaumont-le-Roger, and the nearby airfield would be a...
by Andrew Arthy | Mar 5, 2018 | 2.(H)/14, A Little Bit of Everything, Hs 126, Luftwaffe Units, North Africa, Research
As an accompaniment to our two-part eArticle outlining the history of German reconnaissance unit 2.(H)/14, today we share with you some fascinating photographs of the architectural remains of the unit’s rest home at Apollonia, as it appeared only a couple of...
by Morten Jessen | Feb 23, 2018 | A Little Bit of Everything, Research
Although our five-day trip to the Bundesarchiv in Freiburg last September was very productive and gave us plenty of material for many different projects, there were still some gaps to fill, and new files had been discovered in the finding aids. Therefore, Morten...
by Andrew Arthy | Jan 23, 2018 | A Little Bit of Everything, Books, eArticles, Publications, Research
2018 promises to be a very big year for Air War Publications. After a lot of hard work in the second half of 2017, which culminated in the release of several eArticles, we have laid the groundwork for quite a few more publications to appear in the near future. These...
by Adam Thompson | Dec 26, 2017 | A Little Bit of Everything, Jagdgeschwader 301, Luftwaffe, Publications, Research, USAAF
One of the most rewarding aspects of any research, in any field, is the moment when you uncover something that truly has the potential to change the way people think about a topic. It is that moment where you really do find yourself exclaiming under your breath in...
