Monday, 20 April 2020

JG 2 Friedrich June 1941 - ebay photo find #330

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Bf 109 F-2 'yellow 8' flown by Fw. Heinz Jahner of 9./JG 2, seen here on the right. Jahner was shot down and bailed out injured o...
Friday, 10 April 2020

Kommodore JG 2 Balthasar Bf 109 Friedrich May-June 1941 - ebay photo find #329

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In February 1941 a new Kommodore was appointed to succeed Helmut Wick at the head of JG 2. Hptm. Wilhelm Balthasar was an ace who at th...
Thursday, 9 April 2020

Studying the Luftwaffe through prisoner interrogation reports (1)

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A good friend of  ' FalkeEins - the Luftwaffe blog ' has kindly transferred many archival POW reports which make fascinating readi...
Wednesday, 8 April 2020

French use of Luftwaffe aircraft - Ju 88 in French service

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Seen on eBay offered by a seller with a huge ‘archive’. These images show a Junkers Ju 88 G-6 used for ramjet propulsion tests and appear to...
Tuesday, 7 April 2020

new and forthcoming from Chandos - Blitz bombers - Arado 234 jets of KG 76 in the West 1944-45

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..from Chandos Publications' Rich Carrick;  " Hi guys - it gives me great pleasure to announce that I am now taking pre...
Monday, 6 April 2020

review 'Luftwaffe in Africa " - Jean-Louis Roba, Casemate Illustrated series, 'Black Tulip' by Erik Schmidt

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a new review  of the 'Luftwaffe in Africa " title by Jean-Louis Roba (Casemate Illustrated series). This review is published in th...
Friday, 3 April 2020

Fw 190 in Brussels Evere

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" ...On 4 November 1944, 416 Sqn RCAF moved to Base 56 at Evere, Belgium, an ex-German Luftwaffe airfield. When the RCAF pilots flew t...