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Interview with Stuka pilot Hans Deibl

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...

12 September 1944 Combat and Kurt Bühligen

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...

Working on Henschel Hs 123 Pilot Interviews

by Morten Jessen | May 13, 2014 | A Little Bit of Everything, Hs 123, Pilots, Research

From February 2008 to June 2011 Morten was fortunate to interview a few Hs 123 pilots on a number of occasions and gain a good insight into their wartime careers as well as how they experienced flying the Hs 123 under various conditions. Most notably Morten...

Part I of Wüstennotstaffel eArticle coming soon

by Morten Jessen | Mar 10, 2014 | Fi 156, North Africa, Publications, Research, Wüstennotstaffel

A lot of material has surfaced since Adam Thompson and Andrew Arthy started digging into the desert activities of this fascinating and unusual unit thirteen months ago. They uncovered far more exciting stories than expected, including run-ins with British elite forces...

Interview with Spitfire pilot Murray Adams

by Morten Jessen | Jan 9, 2014 | A Little Bit of Everything, North Africa, Research, Spitfire

Yesterday we met with 94-year old Murray Adams, a former RAF pilot who flew with 250 and 80 Squadrons and had a very interesting wartime career. The meeting took place in Brisbane at the United Service Club on Wickham Terrace, which required a certain amount of...

London visit

by Andrew Arthy | Sep 10, 2013 | A Little Bit of Everything, Research

Hey folks, Andrew here. Just a quick note about my trip to London, which was really productive and enjoyable. I photographed 9,000 pages of documents at the National Archives (amongst which were some real gems), including material for the Courland project, the Fw 190...