Me 262 Volume 3 continues J. Richard Smith's and Eddie J. Creek's detailed analysis of the world's first operational jet fighter and fighter-bomber. It details planned night fighter variants and covers the night war waged by the Me 262 against the threat of the British Mosquito over Berlin in 1945.Also included is a day-by-day account of the Me 262's role in the daylight defence of the Third Reich between January and March 1945. The authors have drawn extensively from the personal accounts of both German and Allied pilots as well as thousands of archive documents.
John Vasco has studied the history of the Luftwaffe, and particularly the role of the Zerstörer units, for more than 20 years. A retired civil servant, he is the author of several highly acclaimed works on the subject.