Robert Forsyth est spécialiste de l’histoire, des avions et des opérations de la Luftwaffe.
Il est notamment l’auteur de JV 44 - The Galland Circus (1996), Battle over Bavaria: The B-26 versus the German Jets (1998), Mistel: German Composite Aircraft and Operations 1942-1945 (2001) ou encore Messerschmitt Me 264 Amerikabomber (2006).
Feldmarschall Milch was of the opinion that this prototype must be properly flight-tested before a decision was taken about a big production run, basically because quite often with Messerschmitt’s new aircraft, a weakness appears requiring a big reconstruction job.