Recent content by Andrew Arthy

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...

Some figures from Soviet records: 20 July 1944 11.IAK, 3.VA: 148 Airacobra sorties, 58 escort for 334.BAD (Tu-2s) and 332.ShAD (Il-2s), 66 cover for troops, 24 reconnaissance 15 December 1944 11.IAK, 3.VA: 138 Airacobra sorties, 124 escort for 1.GBAK (Pe-2s), 14 reconnaissance 24 April 1945...

The book covers all the major Jagdgeschwader 52 aces who were operating over Hungary in 1944/1945, namely Barkhorn, Batz, Düttmann, Ewald, Haas, Hartmann, Lipfert and Sturm. The book is not, as you suggest, a deep dive strictly into Hartmann's claims. It is also the result of extensive research...

I believe I've posted this on the forum previously, but the Soviet records are available online, free to access. You can use Google Translate on this site: Память народа::Документы частей, and type in the search bar "1-я воздушная армия" for 1st Air Army, "2-я воздушная армия" for 2nd Air Army...

Hi, Those documents are at Freiburg, file series RL 2-II and ZA 3. Cheers, Andrew A.

Here is a link to my very old article about the Hs 129 in North Africa: The Henschel Hs 129 in Tunisia. And attached is the first page of a much more recent version. In summary, the Hs 129 Staffel sent to Libya was a complete failure, while the Hs 129 Staffel serving in Tunisia enjoyed limited...

Luftflotte 3 did undertake nightly operations over the invasion area, including bombing and mining, but it was pretty costly. See below: Night 6/7 June 1944 - 249 sorties, 11 losses Night 7/8 June 1944 - 295 sorties, 22 losses Night 8/9 June 1944 - 105 sorties, 4 losses Night 9/10 June 1944 -...

The Hs 123 was used on daylight ground-attack missions on the Eastern Front until January 1945 (after temporarily being taken from operations between May and September 1944 due to lack of aircraft/spare parts). It was never used at night. In the winter of 1944/1945 it was serving with the II...

To provide a bit of primary source evidence for the thread, below are the sortie figures for the 3rd Air Army on a couple of typical days in October 1944 over Courland in Latvia. The vast majority of Soviet fighter sorties in 1944/1945 were cover/patrol missions and escort missions. They almost...

Many of the 1:1000000 Luftwaffe maps are available here: Przeglądarka skorowidzów. The 1:500000 maps are also available on that site. Cheers, Andrew A.