In the immediate aftermath of RAF Bomber Command's firebombing of Hamburg in July 1943, and the RAF's deployment of Window (i.e. thin strips of paper with aluminum foil covering one side), which jammed the German radar system, thus making it almost impossible for Luftwaffe night fighters to track and destroy RAF bombers, the decision was made by the Luftwaffe high command to increase and further develop the use of single-seat fighter planes to intercept RAF bombers by night. Thus arose the Wilde Sau concept, which "envisaged the use of free-ranging day fighters (and to a lesser extent night fighters) to counter Bomber Command."

This book goes on to provide the reader with a concise history of how and why Wilde Sau night fighting tactics were developed and implemented, the fighter units that carried out these tactics, the successes and failures from Wilde Sau, as well as accounts from some of the pilots who flew Wilde Sau missions between 1943 and 1945.

For any reader wanting to have a basic understanding of the various aspects of the Wilde Sau approach to night fighting, look no further. There are also in this book a variety of illustrations and photos that lend greater clarity to what was a novel approach to taking on RAF Bomber Command in the skies over Germany.