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Here at Wing Leader, we don’t publish ‘celebrity’ authors. Instead we prefer to stick with the specialist historians who have been studying their subject for decades. The ones who have travelled across Europe interviewing veterans from both sides. The ones who have all the official records to hand, and who have the knowledge to understand how to use them. And most importantly, the ones who really know what happened in the summer of 1940.

That’s why we are proud to announce our new book ‘Zerstörer’ by internationally renowned researchers and authors, John Vasco and Peter Cornwell. Their collective knowledge of the events of 1940 is unmatched, and draws upon their decades of research into primary sources, from the Bundesarchivmilitärarchiv (BAMA) and the Deutschdienststelle (WASt.) in Germany, to the Public Record Office (now the National Archive), Imperial War Museum, RAE Farnborough, and MoD (Air Historical Branch) in England.
They have also interviewed and corresponded with hundreds of relevant combatants on both sides over several decades, and work closely with other leading historians who have also conducted decades of research into the period, such as Chris Goss, Andy Saunders and Simon Parry.

Originally published 30 years ago, this updated and expanded version of over 300 pages, contains new information regarding events concerning the Messerschmitt 110 and its crews in 1940, with particular emphasis on the Battle of Britain. It is supplemented by just under 600 photographs, many new and previously unpublished, and demolishes many myths, misconceptions, and downright incorrect information, on the Messerschmitt 110 previously in print.

Printed to the highest standards in hardback, this book is THE definitive work on the Bf 110 in 1940, and eclipses anything else that has gone before it. If you want to understand what it was really like to be a Luftwaffe airman in 1940, in their own words, then this is the book for you.