Andy Saunders is an author, researcher, TV and film consultant, editor and former museum curator specialising in military aviation and history. He is currently the editor of the acclaimed German military history magazine Iron Cross, a contributor to numerous journals and the author more than 20 books on air warfare. The illustrators for this title are Gareth Hector (cover and battlescene), Jim Laurier (armament views) and Tim Brown (ribbon and technical diagrams).