European Air War was one of the best 1990's Air Combat simulations

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Title - European Air War
Release Date - 1990s - Combat flight sims
Developer - Microprose
Publisher - Microprose
Collection - Yes.
Comments - Microprose continued their tradition of creating sims which you could live in for months or years, never getting bored. European Air War recreated the epic west European air battles which helped change the course of World History 1939 - 1945. Every aspect of this sim was superb, from the graphics and sounds to the atmospheric interfaces.

First look - 1998

Artwork and Packaging
Setting up the sim
    Patch 1.1 features
Command list
Into the Tempest
Republic P-47 Thunderbolt
Messerschmidt 262
    cockpit
        in the hangar
Takeoff
Like flying in an oil painting
Modding the artwork

1999

Charles H. Cook flew a B-24D named "Cookie" with the 90th Bombardment Group in the southwest Pacific in 1942-1943. At that time, Allied forces were greatly outnumbered, and Japanese invasion of New Guinea and Australia was a very real threat.

Bruce Irving has interviewed Charlie Cook and composed this valuable record of his aviation career. The entire article is also available for free download here - Charles H. Cook.

Charles H. Cook passed away on on Saturday January 20th, 2007. Missed by friends and family.

Bruce Irving used European Air War to recreate encounters between Charles H. Cook's B-24 and Japanese fighters over Wewak, new Guinea.

B-24 Liberator mods Applying the skins Pacific Scenery = Pacific Air War?

All the Aircraft and Armaments

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