Pacific Theatre WWII
airline_seat_recline_extraMicrosoft Combat Flight Simulator 2
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tagPacific Theatre WWIIPublished:2000
AboutFlyingSinger reported in 2000: "Something about the lighting and rendering in this sim just blows my mind -- although European Air War is very "painterly" (as you said in the museum, like flying in a Robert Taylor painting), Microsoft Combat Flight Sim 2 is approaching photo-realism.
airline_seat_recline_extraMicrosoft Combat Flight Simulator 2
local_airportBoeing B-17 Flying Fortress
personBruce "FlyingSinger" Irving
tagPacific Theatre WWIIPublished:2000
airline_seat_recline_extraMicrosoft Combat Flight Simulator 2
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tagPacific Theatre WWIIPublished:2000
AboutCharles 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.
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local_airportConsolidated B-24 Liberator
personLt. Charles C. Cook
personBruce "FlyingSinger" Irving
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tagPacific Theatre WWII