by Andrew Arthy | Apr 2, 2015 | Research
Whilst researching other subjects, Andrew stumbled across an interesting German wartime signal about Luftwaffe camouflage, dated February 1944. The signal was intercepted and translated by the British during the war, and Morten photographed it at the National Archives...
by Andrew Arthy | Mar 7, 2015 | A Little Bit of Everything, Research
Today we’re going to give you an idea of the process we use for creating the excellent mission maps that grace our eArticles and books. These maps appear in everything we publish, giving the reader a good visual overview of the events on a certain day or...
by Morten Jessen | Feb 18, 2015 | Research
Just over a week ago Morten was fortunate to be sent to central Germany in connection with work. By pure chance, a widow that Andrew had found and corresponded with a few months before lived 60 km away from the place Morten was working at for two days. Despite a...
by Andrew Arthy | Nov 1, 2014 | Courland, Eastern Front, Jagdgeschwader 54, Research
One of the most exciting aspects of the Air War Courland project has been the number of veterans we’ve been able to contact. A II./Jagdgeschwader 54 pilot who was always very friendly and helpful to Andrew’s research was Robert F. Hupe, who sadly passed away in...
by Morten Jessen | Jul 29, 2014 | Ju 87, North Africa, Pilots, Research
Last Saturday Morten was fortunate to meet former Stuka pilot Hans Deibl in his house in the eastern part of Austria. During the four hour visit many interesting stories were told by Herr Deibl about his time in flying school and as a Stuka pilot in North Africa where...
by Andrew Arthy | Jun 6, 2014 | Aces, Jagdgeschwader 2, Research, Western Front
Hi folks, Andrew here. The following story had to be cut from our Kurt Bühligen eArticle due to lack of space, so I thought I’d post it here instead. Hope it’s of interest. The Bühligen article will be ready for layout very soon, and should be of great...