Me-110 (fighter)

Another design based on the theory, prior to the Second World War, that there was a niche for "bomber destroyer" fighters that would not face other fighters, the Messerschmitt Me-110, named the Zerstörer ("Destroyer") was a twin-engine design that quickly proved vulnerable in the Battle of Britain. While it could fight and win with older fighters encountered in the Polish and French campaign, it needed escort against the Hawker Hurricane and Supermarine Spitfire.

Like other twin-engine fighters of the war, it did find value in night fighter and reconnaissance applications; the only twin-engine WWII aircraft to have any success as long-range fighters were the U.S. P-38 and the British De Havilland Mosquito. It did prove useful in fighter-bomber roles in North Africa and elsewhere.