Some rather sad news to this thread.
The author and decorated french WW2 fighter pilot, Pierre Closterman, died recently. As reported here he was the author of two best sellers on the airwar of WW2. 'The Big Show' and 'Flames in the Sky'.
For those interested 'The Big Show' was apparently reprinted in 2004 and should be available again. It is the only book of that time that describes in detail the activities of the Tempest fighter up against the FW90, the ME262 and of course the V1, from my knowledge.