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Interview with Larry deZeng

by Andrew Arthy | Feb 1, 2020 | A Little Bit of Everything, Ju 188, Luftwaffe, Publications, Research

Throughout 2020, the Air War Publications team plans to release a series of interviews with prominent Luftwaffe and aviation researchers, historians, artists and authors, seeking their thoughts about a variety of issues connected to their work. Andrew,...

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...

Aviation History Books We Love – Part Two

by Andrew Arthy | Dec 12, 2019 | A Little Bit of Everything, Books, Publications, Research

Following up Part One, our blog post series about our favourite aviation history books continues, and this time, the choices are Adam’s. Compared to Andrew’s selection, there is a similar theme that runs through Adam’s choices, even if the subject...

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...

Aviation History Books We Love – Part One

by Andrew Arthy | Nov 14, 2019 | A Little Bit of Everything, Books, Publications, Research

Over the years there have been many aviation history books that have inspired the Air War Publications team. In a lot of ways, those authors have helped influence and shape the way we research and write. In a series of three blog posts, Andrew, Adam and Morten thought...