Another Christmas is approaching and 2026 is not far away. The team at Air War Publications have been very busy these last few months, with our primary focus on finishing Sven Carlsen’s Nachtjagd Over the Eastern Front book. All of that hard work has been worth it, because the text is now laid out, and we are doing the final tweaks. The appendices require some minor editing, and then it will be a matter of doing some final read-throughs to pick up any remaining issues before sending it off to the printer. Morten has spent the last few weeks creating the maps – all 21 of them! Here are some sample pages from the laid out text of the book – link to sample pages.
With the editing of Sven’s work almost wrapped up, we still have a lot of things we hope to achieve in the coming year, not least of all being the publication of the Nachtjagd Over the Eastern Front book. Aside from that, Andrew is continuing work on his Air War Courland book, while Morten’s Henschel 123 research is taking shape nicely, and Adam is still focused on his unit history of the Ju 52-equipped IV./Kampfgeschwader zbV 1. Another book project moving forward is Doug Norrie’s No. 450 Squadron RAAF Volume I (with profiles by Claes Sundin), which will be the team’s next main publication focus. 2026 will also bring a renewed focus on eArticles, with several covering a wide array of topics all well-advanced and close to publication.
Our website will also receive some extras, as in early 2026 we plan to update the Research Section, including publication of revised versions of the excellent Officer and Airfield Listings created by our good friends and colleagues Larry deZeng and Doug Stankey. We will explain more about this project at a later date. We will also be updating the downloadable shipping claims spreadsheet, so all-in-all, there should be a large amount of material released by the team throughout 2026.
Before we go, we thought it appropriate to share the below.
During the last half of 2024 and into the spring of 2025, Morten assisted the Ukrainian model kit company ICM with their 32nd scale Henschel 123 A, with technical drawings and photographs (unfortunately, he was not involved in making the product texts, and they contain some errors). The model kit was released in July, and another variant of the Hs 123 in October. As thanks for his help Morten received a nicely detailed model kit in late-October, despite the company having been hit by a Russian missile!
Also, last week Andrew received a very nice Christmas present, when the son of an American squadron commander sent a collection of his father’s wartime photographs and documents. He was active from 1943 to 1945, flying many operations in the P-39 and P-47. His photographs and documents provide a wonderful insight into the workings and daily life of a USAAF fighter squadron in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations.
So there is lots to look forward to from us in 2026, as our family and working lives settle down a little and allow us more time for Air War Publications activities.
On that note, all the best to our readers and followers for the Festive Season and the forthcoming New Year!
