My latest co-authored book out in a couple of weeks

[Old Blue 2]

85 years today.

(It's also Harry saxe-coburg-gotha's birthday)

1. Churchill's quote from August 1940

2 Pre-Battle of Britain Hurricanes Mk 1

3 An excellent book. I met Dr. Alfred Price (RIP) and we had a great chat about the BoB.

Did you know that 15th September 1940 was nowhere the day of the heaviest fighting. It was the day chosen to commemorate the Battle by us many years later, as following that day, the threat of invasion had gone.

 

[Rita_Poon]

1. Churchill's quote from August 1940

2 Pre-Battle of Britain Hurricanes Mk 1

3 An excellent book. I met Dr. Alfred Price (RIP) and we had a great chat about the BoB.

Did you know that 15th September 1940 was nowhere the day of the heaviest fighting. It was the day chosen to commemorate the Battle by us many years later, as following that day, the threat of invasion had gone.

Was under the impression it was the day bomber command realised the tide had turned and the luftwaffe had been backed off through their sheer numbers lost, they simply couldn't continue to lose planes like they had. Britains air superiority of it's own skies had prevailed.

 

[Noisy noise annoys]

Thanks. T'is a long slog. Been doing the research for 45 years. This is the second second-edition of the nine books I have written/co-written on the Messerschmitt 110...

Amazing - the world needs more people like this

 

[Old Blue 2]

Was under the impression it was the day bomber command realised the tide had turned and the luftwaffe had been backed off through their sheer numbers lost, they simply couldn't continue to lose planes like they had. Britains air superiority of it's own skies had prevailed.

There were 18 other days in the Battle of Britain when Fighter Command's commitment was greater in terms of sorties and patrols.

There were many Luftwaffe bomber units not commited at all on 15th September: KG 2; KG 4; KG 51; KG 54 & LG 1.

However it is considered that the Germans did not realise that they were up against the greatest combined defence system at that time in the world.

 

[LostLegend]

Congratulations on the release!

 

[Old Blue 2]

Congratulations on the release!

Thank you - appreciated.

 

[Old Blue 2]

Some sample pages from the forthcoming book.






These are from the .pdf proof. In the book they will be sharper.

 

[Rita_Poon]

How did the luftwaffe get on vs the russian equivalent?

 

[Old Blue 2]

How did the luftwaffe get on vs the russian equivalent?

The main unit deployed at the start of the war against Russia was the fighter-bomber unit Schnellkampfgeschwader 210 (Fast bomber wing 210), whose remit was to go after ground targets such as airfields, tanks, artillery, enemy troop concentrations, so they were not committed to combat, unless attacked by Russian fighters. Consequently, victories were few. Main combat in fighter v. fighter was conducted by the Messerschmitt 109 units.

 

[Old Blue 2]

The book is printed, so just awaiting delivery of the batch for signing from the distributor.

 

[Old Blue 2]

https://fb.watch/Cg5j9aR_HN/

Just click on the link to see a 'flick-through' of the book.

 

[Old Blue 2]

A review by 'Bombphoon' on the 'Twelve O'Clock High' aviation forum:

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

'I also have the previous version 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.'

 

[Old Blue 2]

A forthcoming hour-long talk on the subject on 8th November:

 

[davids]

Berlin, Spandau Prison 1986. I was doing guard detail. He was gardening. We were told not to speak with him, but as I was walking past he said something to me in German, I didn’t understand him at the time but it was something about flowers.

I replied “not arsed mate” and walked off

Kingo?

 

[Mutzo Nutzo]

Kingo?

Nope RAF.