Theo Boiten

Theo Boiten studied history at Groningen University in the Netherlands. He graduated in 1992, specialising in an overall history of the developments of the night air war over the Third Reich during the Second World War. Since graduating, he has worked in his spare time on his doctoral thesis at Leiden University, on the sea warfare in the North Sea during World War II. He currently works as a freelance historian and interviewer and has written five books: Blenheim Strike, Nachtjagd ; The Night...See more

Theo Boiten studied history at Groningen University in the Netherlands. He graduated in 1992, specialising in an overall history of the developments of the night air war over the Third Reich during the Second World War. Since graduating, he has worked in his spare time on his doctoral thesis at Leiden University, on the sea warfare in the North Sea during World War II. He currently works as a freelance historian and interviewer and has written five books: Blenheim Strike, Nachtjagd ; The Night Fighter versus Bomber War over the Third Reich 1939-45 ; Raiders of the Reich: Air Battle Western Europe 1942-1945 (which he co-authored with Martin Bowman); Bristol Blenheim and Night Airwar . He lives in Almere, near Amsterdam. See less