Recent content by Andrew Arthy

The four most recent additions to my library! Strong to Serve is a good read, and very well researched. The Heinz Gomann (Jagdgeschwader 26) memoirs are written in a different style, as a series of short stories. The Anton Hafner (Jagdgeschwader 51) biography was written by his brother, and...

For those interested in aerial combat on the Western Front in 1944, we've just released our latest blogpost, about the events of 9 September 1944: https://airwarpublications.com/9-september-1944-ii-jagdkorps-attempts-to-intervene/. On that day Messerschmitt 109s and Focke-Wulf 190s from...

Almost inevitably, we have spotted a few errors and omissions in the book, and will publish an errata sheet here in a few months. No matter how carefully you edit a manuscript, there are always things that 'slip through the net'! Cheers, Andrew A.

Andrew Arthy submitted a new resource: Nachtjagd Over The Eastern Front - German night fighters on the Eastern Front, 1941-1945 Read more about this resource...

Hi ggiumarra, Sorry, I didn't see your post until now. To save you a bit of time, here are the relevant pages for 20 October 1944 from HW 13/88. They don't provide much on this particular combat, unfortunately. And also attached is a snip from AIR 22/502, which is a summary of Allied...

No problem at all, I was happy to be able to provide some assistance. Cheers, Andrew A.

Hi habs1976, Happy to help with some information. Unfortunately, I'm not aware of any research undertaken to match up German claims with Allied losses in this particular combat. Below is a table with the relevant German victory claims. Rank First Name Surname Staffel Geschwader Type...

Hi habs1976, Not sure if you're interested in the other side of the story, but it was the III. Gruppe of Jagdgeschwader 2 that engaged the 367th FG on this morning. It took off from Altenstadt at 08:10, led by Oberleutnant Siegfried Lemke. Lemke claimed his 50th aerial victory in this...

Hi Greg, Not sure if you've seen the below, from the War Diary of the German Naval High Command: Cheers, Andrew A.

Hi everyone, A new blog post has just been released describing some Kampfgeschwader 4 operations with the Heinkel 111 over Poland on 17 September 1939: 17 September 1939: Instead of Warsaw - Air War Publications. Hopefully this is of interest to the forum. Cheers, Andrew A.

Hi Henry, The Italian daily report on X. Fliegerkorps operations in North Africa noted the following: "10 Me. 110 hanno attaccato gli obiettivi militari nei pressi di Tobruk a sud-ovest del forte Pilastrino. Forti colonne ed assembramenti nemici a sud di Bird El Carmusa sono stati attaccati...

I'm not sure why they weren't punished, but Bendert was awarded the Ehrenpokal in September 1942 and the Deutsches Kreuz in Gold in October 1942, so rather than being punished, he was rewarded. Cheers, Andrew A.

There was no official punishment for these pilots. They continued flying with II./J.G. 27 in North Africa until the unit returned to Europe in November 1942 for rest and refit. Cheers, Andrew A.

A few cheap book recommendations: - Donald Caldwell, JG 26 Top Guns of the Luftwaffe [numerous first-hand accounts of fighter-versus-fighter combat on the Channel and Western Fronts] - Donald Caldwell, The JG 26 War Diary Volume One - Donald Caldwell, The JG 26 War Diary Volume Two - Patrick G...

Just to reiterate what I've posted elsewhere, and what Dan has written above, the original Soviet wartime records are comprehensive, thorough, and many of them are available for free online at Память народа::Документы частей. Here's 17.VA for February 1944: Память народа::Подлинные документы о...