Monday, 8 November 2021

Dornier Do 217 N/M - ebay photo find #345

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  Do 217 K/M Flugzeug der Luftwaffe auf Kompensierscheibe   Do 217 N Nachtjäger Flugzeug auf Kompensierscheibe FuG 202 also on this blog; ...

Bf 109 in colour, Fritzlar, May 1945 - 'gelbe 11' of 3./NAGr. 13

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  Thanks to Tim Wheeldon for the heads-up on this footage. The Gustav looks to be a 'hybrid' of standard G-6/G-14 with red legs and ...
Saturday, 6 November 2021

New release from Claes Sundin - Luftwaffe Fighters in profile - Book 11 (Uffz. Heinz Schlechter of 5./JG 27 - " I lost my wingman over the Austrian Tyrol " )

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The new profile book from Claes Sundin - with rare Fw 190 cover artwork - has arrived; - 136 full color pages with 130 aircraft pro...
Wednesday, 3 November 2021

Oblt. Winfried Schmidt - ace of III./JG 3 -article extract

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  On 23 June 1941, Schmidt was appointed Staffelkapitän of 8. Staffel of Jagdgeschwader 3, replacing Oblt. Willy Stange, KIA the previous...
Monday, 1 November 2021

Siebel Sh 104 Kesselring, Ju 290 Alles Kaputt, Willow Grove Me 262 Beute machines - ebay photo find #344

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  Also on this blog;    Adolf Galland's Siebel Fh 104 'Reisemachine' How the Junkers Ju 290 'Alles Kaputt' we...
Wednesday, 27 October 2021

Sonderkommando Blaich 'raid' on Fort Lamy, January 1942 - 'anecdote' or feat of arms?

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Two views of Theo Blaich and his Messerschmitt Me 108 "Taifun" prior to his departure on his pre-war 'Afrika Rundflug' (w...
Monday, 25 October 2021

Me 163 Rocket Interceptor (Crecy reissue) and Pen and Sword's 'Air Battle for Moscow' - new Luftwaffe books

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  "Me 163 Rocket Interceptor" is a revised and updated combined edition of the two original Classic volumes on the Me 163 from the...