"Zerstorer" Hardback by John Vasco and Peter Cornwell - Coming from Wingleader in 2025

[Bombphoon]

Wow. That was the weekend gone then - and I got precious little done because my copy of Zerstorer arrived.

I also have the previous 3 versions of the book, so did I really need another? One simple flick through absolutely said 'yes' and that I had made the right choice.

This is an examplary piece of work by John Vasco & Peter Cornwell. The sheer amount of rare photos, detail, words, interviews and information is jaw-dropping, making it the definitive and final word on the Bf 110 in 1940.

Asides from the astonishing amount of research and work that clearly went into it, the thing I'll take away from the book is how disastrous it all was: the pages and pages of loss and damage tables and the never-ending portraits of deceased young men who, what the late Dr Michael Mosley termed 'died badly', due to Hitler and Goering's commands is sobering.

If you ummed and ahhed about forking out for the cover price, fear not - it's well worth it: over 300 packed pages in high-quality design with plenty of new images and info.

Thoroughly recommended.