Tuesday, 26 September 2023

Erwin ‘Caesar’ Clausen -6./JG 77 - ebay photo find #364

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   Photos of JG 77 ace Erwin Clausen are comparatively rare - a large achive of JG 77 images gifted to this blog feature only a couple of t...
Tuesday, 19 September 2023

Lt. Helmut Biederbick 7./JG 54 - ebay photo find #363

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Photos of Lt. Helmut Biederbick posing for snapshots on his 7./JG 54 Friedrich have appeared in a number of publications including "Lu...
Monday, 11 September 2023

III./JG 77 in the defence of Ploesti, Mizil, July 1944

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There have been a number of accounts of the air battles for Romanian oil from the establishment of JG 4 to 'Tidal Wave' in August 1...
Sunday, 10 September 2023

Tagebuch Johann Twietmeyer - "Mein Leben als Jagdflieger im JG 77" - first victory 10 June 1944 and the end in Romania, August 20-30, 1944

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  A small recent 'discovery' that might be of interest to blog readers who know German; German youtube channel Bacuffz.com has pub...
Wednesday, 6 September 2023

Hasegawa Bf 109 G "White 2" (WNr. 412605) of IV./JG54 - Eastern Front, winter 1943-44

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  The latest model from Duncan Black as seen on britmodeller is well worth 'reposting' here with Duncan's permission. ...
Tuesday, 5 September 2023

Unit history of III./ZG 26 reprinted (Lela Presse)

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  publishers blurb " It may seem surprising in the context of a unit history to cover just a single Gruppe. However, III./ZG 26 -...
Sunday, 3 September 2023

Emils of Jagdgruppe 101 (JG 77)

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  In September and October 1939 one of the less well-known Jagdwaffe units to operate over Poland was Jagdgruppe 101. The unit spent the win...