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WWII Combat Flight Simulators For PC I Have.

EAW

European Air War

Released in 1998 by Microprose and only supported by the developers with two patches and a paint-pack, the WWII-sim has become a legend through the big community that improved and enriched the simulation with countless modifications.

The basic program lets you fly the standard-planes for the Luftwaffe, RAF and USAAF for the time of the Battle of Britain 1940 and the fight over the Reich 1943-1945. Campaigns and Single Missions, plus a very interesting Multi-Player experience are available.

Although the look of the sim is not up to latest software-techniques, custom mods and artwork have improved the program, and over 100 fan-sites provide tons of stuff that lets you fly not only European Theatre of Operations, but European Winter, the African Desert and the Mediterranean, the Eastern Front and finally the Pacific, plus over 100 new aircraft and 3d-models plus skins for them.

B17

B-17 Flying Fortress

BOB

Rowans Battle of Britain

"The st..st...stutter sim"

Before the game has been released in early 2001 (German release name: "Adlertag"), the demo already gave some riddles to those who were looking forward to the sim: strange behaviors of the demo made fans fear the worst...but the final version turned out to be better.
Based on the Mig Alley-engine, Rowan made a flightsim with an interesting feel and the ability to have user-generated artwork, a feature that makes every sim much more interesting.

The fights over the Channel in 1940 can be flown in the Bf 109E, Bf 110, He 111, Ju 87B Stuka, Ju 88A, Do 17, Spitfire I and Hurricane I, there are also some only AI-piloted aircraft in the simulation. The basic engine of the game is based on Mig Alley, but the feel is a bit different, not only because of the other aircraft.

Janes WWII Fighters

Fw190 from Janes WWIIFighters.

CFS

Combat Flight Simulator

Luftwaffe Commander

Fighters Squadron "The Sreamin` Demons Over Europe"

IL-2 Sturmovik

"Graphics are unbelievable, particularly if you have the horsepower to run with maximum settings. A 1 GHz machine is adequate to do this if you have a GeForce2 card, such as Hercules’ 3D Prophet™ II MX or a GeForce3 card, like Hercules’ 3D Prophet™ III. 3D sound acceleration helps also, and the Hercules Game Theater XP work well.

It’s really impossible to assess the graphical component apart from damage models, and it is in this area that IL-2 exceeds the call of duty. It is simply astounding how many types of damage are portrayed. Consider the cockpit alone.

I have seen holes in the glass, holes in the panel, damaged gauges, a damaged gunsight, different kinds of oil stains on the glass, frost effects – everything but smoke in the cockpit though it wouldn’t surprise me to see this."

Screenshot from the Demo; IL-2 Sturmovik.

My second kill in IL2 demo, flying up side down in a loop with my Gustav2,shooting at a Russian Yak. :)

IL-2 Sturmovik Notes:

Minimum system requirements:
PII 400, 128 Mb RAM, 3D Accelerator.

Recommended system:
PIII 600 or better, 256 Mb RAM, 32 bit 3D accelerator with 32 Mb RAM or better.

My system: AMD1400 mhz Athlon, 256MB DDR RAM, Asus AGP-V7700 Geforce 2 PRO 64MB DDR RAM, Soundblaster, Force feedback 2 Flightstick.

The overall quality will depend directly on the user’s processor speed and 3D graphics accelerators

General features:

Fly 31 types of Russian, German and American planes. See them in different camouflage and paint schemes for different times of the year (at least summer and winter)
Fly pilot or rear gunner (IL-2 plane types only)
Choose between realistic and simple flight models with many adjustments to various realism settings.
See 40 other types of aircraft engaged in large air battles. (with camouflage paint schemes changing from summer to winter)
Engage in air-to-air and air-to-ground battles
Destroy any ground object, such as buildings, bridges, airfields, etc.
Play quick missions using full mission parameter settings
Play different types of single missions
Play campaign missions and track your career (with ranks and awards)
Fight against intelligent AI opponents
Play two different multiplayer modes: dog-fighting or cooperative missions across a LAN or the Internet with dedicated servers for online play
Multiplay: with up to 32 players in dogfight and 16 players in cooperative missions. Use custom paint schemes, squadron nose art, numbering on wings, and national markings for each single plane.
Record a flight track of any of your flights and edit these tracks. Then play and enjoy or send this track file to others. (Internet sim community can use this to confirm their online wins/kills.)
Use Network and Internet voice communications for multiplayer sessions
Build new missions and scenarios with an easy to use mission builder. Use missions for single or multiplayer sessions
Play new scenarios designed by other players
Use new plane sets and new scenarios from free and/or commercial add-ons, designed by original developers after release of the sim
See exceptionally high quality aircraft and ground unit graphics
See massive air and ground battles between German and Russian airplanes and tanks
See realistic dynamic damage modeling
See realistic 3D world environment, including terrain, sky, unique clouds and weather conditions
See realistic smoke, explosions, fire and other special effects
Hear immersive radio chatter
Use and wide variety of 3D sound cards or drivers (Aureal 3D 3.0 or EAX 1.0, EAX 2.0)

GAMEPLAY
This is a list of the flyable aircraft for players. There are 23 flyable planes for both of Single and Multiplayer:

Model Production Year Equipment Changes
IL-2 Single seat 1941 early 2x20mm machine cannons
IL-2 Single seat 1941 2x20mm machine cannons

IL-2 Single seat 1941 2x23mm machine cannons
IL-2 1942 Field modification: Rear Gunner
IL-2M Type-2 1942 Series production: Rear Gunner
IL-2 Type 3 1943 15-degree swept-back wing portions, 1720 hp AM-38F engine
IL-2 Type 3M 1943 2x37mm anti-tank cannons
IL-2T 1943 torpedo bomber for Soviet Naval Aviation
IL-2I armored anti-bomber fighter (based on the single seat variant)
LaGG-3 1941 initial series production with M-105 engine
LaGG-3-IT 1942 Powered by 37 mm nose mounted cannon
LaGG-3 1944 last and best series with M-105PF or M-105PF2 engine
MiG-3 1940-41 high altitude fighter and interceptor
MiG-3ud 1940-41 high altitude fighter and interceptor
MiG-3U 1942-45 powered buy new engine, new type 20mm cannons.
La-5FN 1943-45
Yak-1b 1942-45
Yak-7 1941-43
Yak-9T 1943
Yak-9K 1944
Yak-9U 1944-45
Yak-3 1944-45
P-39N-1 1942 US lend-lease
P-39Q-1 1943 US lend-lease
P-39Q-10 1944-45 US lend-lease. Most popular lend lease plane on Russian front
Bf-109F-2 1941
Bf-109G-2 1942
Bf-109G-6 1943
Bf-109G-6 Late 1944 Changes in aerodynamics and design
Bf-109G-6AS 1944-45 Powered by WEP system MW-50
FW-190A-4 1942-44

The LOADOUT of all flyable aircraft is listed in the ‘AIRCRAFT LOADOUT’ section.
A LIST OF OTHER, NON-FLYABLE aircraft and AI ground units and objects is at the end of document.

Single Play Features:

A) New missions can be easily created with the Quick Mission Builder:

Select any flyable aircraft including original release or from add-ons
Select the number of friendly aircraft in air and the AI skill for each plane
Select the loadout of each friendly aircraft
Select number of enemy planes in air and the AI skill for each plane
Select loadout of selected enemy aircraft
Set the time of Day
Select weather conditions
Select the tactical situation: None, Advantage, Disadvantage
Select map location
Select target.
Select level of defense: None, AA-artillery (Including fire from the ships)
All settings may be saved in a file, to play later, or to send to other IL-2 players and they will be able to repeat (replay) such situation.
Fly as wing leader or squadron only
Extensive commands in flight to control the AI aircraft of your flight or squad (if it is present)
Immersive radio chatter, generated automatically with each new mission.

Important NOTE: Quick Mission Builder is build to enhance offline single player gaming. Its most important feature is ease of use. It is designed for fast random generation of new single missions. Missions created by a player using the Quick Mission Builder may be saved to a file to be sent to other users or uploaded to the Internet so anyone will be able to fly the identical mission.
The Quick Mission Builder is not the same as Mission Builder (see below). The Quick Mission Builder is a subset of the Mission Builder. The Quick Mission Builder will only build single player missions and training flights. It can provide excellent preparation for online play.
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B) You can fly for Russia or Germany in single missions or campaigns.
Russia: You may fly either ground attack or fighters aircraft such as IL-2 (9 types), LaGG-3 (3 types), P-39 (3 types), MiG-3 (3 types), Yak-1, Yak-7, Yak-9T, Yak-9K, Yak-9U, Yak-3, La-5FN. See loadout and mission types below.
Germany: You may fly the Bf-109F-2, Bf-109G-2, Bf-109G-6, Bf-109G-6 late Bf-109G-6AS, and FW-190A-4 and use them as fighters or fighters-bombers. See bellow loadout and mission types for them.

Single Missions:
Russian or German side
Select any flyable aircraft
Select loadout
Fly as wing leader or squadron only
Extensive commands in flight to control the AI aircraft of your wing (if it is present)
Realistic radio chatter generated in response to your commands

Campaigns (careers)
Russian or German side
Bomber pilot career (Russian side only)
Fighter pilot career (both sides)
Select the initial rank in Soviet Air Force or Luftwaffe
Extensive commands in flight to control the AI aircraft of your wing (if it is present)
Realistic radio chatter generated in response to your commands
Awards if your flights are successful. «The Hero of Soviet Union» or “Knight Cross with Diamonds are available”
Campaign Scenarios based on historical settings

Campaigns which will follow a continuous coherent story line.

1941 - Smolensk
1941 - Moscow
1942 - Stalingrad
1943 - Kursk
1943 - Kuban
1944 - Crimea.
1945 - Berlin

Note: A common list of mission types may be found in the ‘Types of the missions’ section.

Mission builder:

This utilizes 2D and 3D tools and is based on the IL-2 engine. There is a Zoom feature that can expand the 2D map from the full 200 km x 300 km (full screen) to view single 3D object with full screen detail.

User can create their own missions for single or multiplayer cooperative missions. It will be possible to set the area, location of ground forces (troops, tanks, ships, etc) and air forces with all necessary parameters for both sides. Any mission is playable on any PC running IL-2. Generally, in order to play the mission, one will need only the sim itself. Sometimes the new models of objects or maps from our own add-ons (if used) will need to be downloaded.
The Mission Builder will be module of IL-2 engine, incorporated in a simulator.

AIRCRAFT LOADOUT (Notice: some features are subject to change in final! )

IL-2 (Cannon, Machine Guns, Rockets)

MODEL YEAR CANNON MACHINE GUNS ROCKETS
IL-2 1941 2 x 20mm 2 x 7.62mm (SHKAS) 16 x RS82 (82 mm rockets).
IL-2 1941 2 x 20mm 2 x 7.62mm (SHKAS) 8 x RS82 (82 mm rockets).
IL-2 1941 2 x 23mm 2 x 7.62mm (SHKAS) 8 x RS82.
IL-2 1941 2 x 23mm 2 x 7.62mm (SHKAS) 2 x 7,62 mm (rear gunner. Field modification) 8 x RS82.
IL-2M (Type-2) 1942 2 x 23mm 2 x 7.62mm (SHKAS) 1 x 12.7mm (rear gunner) 4 x RS82 or 4 x RS132 (132 mm) rockets
IL-2 (Type 3) 1943 2 x 23mm 2 x 7.62mm (SHKAS) 1 x 12.7mm (rear gunner) 4 x RS132 or 4 x BRS132 (anti-tank rockets)
IL-2 (Type 3M) 1943 2 x 37mm 2 x 7.62mm (SHKAS) 1 x 12.7mm (rear gunner) 4 x RS132 or 4 x BRS132
IL-2T (Torpedo) 1943 Non 2 x 7.62mm (SHKAS) 1 x 12.7mm (rear gunner) 1 x 45-12-AN torpedoes, 4 x RS132 or 4 x BRS132
IL-2I Heavy anti-bomber fighter 1941- 1945 2 x 23mm Non Non

IL-2 (bombs except IL-2T and IL-2I)

WEAPON EXPLOSIVE TARGET LOADOUT & NOTES
PTAB-2,5 2.5 kg anti-tanks bombs up to 128 bomblets
AO-25 25 kg common purpose 12-24 bombs (300-600 kg total loadout)
FAB-100 100 kg demolition bombs 4 - 6 bombs
FAB-250 250-kg anti-tank/fortress bombs 2 bombs
AJ-2 Ampoules 250 kg napalm Common and soft targets 216 x Ampoule with "Lightning Mix"
VAP-250 250 kg phosphorus Airfields, common purpose. 2 x Petrol mixed with balls of phosphorus, sprayed from an altitude of 15-25 m. Ground objects in the target area are engulfed in flame. Fuel Air Explosives.

MiG-3 & MiG-3ud/ MiG-3U

MODEL YEAR CANNON MACHINE GUNS WING GUN PODS, ROCKETS, BOMBS. *
MiG-3 1940 Non 1x12.7 mm (BS), 2 x 7.62mm (SHKAS) 2 x 12.7 mm BK wing gun pods 6 x 82mm A2A/A2G rockets 2 x FAB-100 (100 kg bombs) 2 x FAB-50 (50 kg bombs) 4 x FAB-50 (50 kg bombs) 4 x AO-10 (10 kg bombs)
MiG-3ud 1941 Non 1x12.7 mm (BS), 2 x 7.62mm (SHKAS)
MiG-3U 1942 2 x 20 mm (Shvak) Non Non

* identical for both of MiG-3 and MiG-3ud models

LaGG-3 / LaGG-3- IT / LaGG-3 late.

MODEL YEAR CANNON MACHINE GUNS ROCKETS, BOMBS, DROP TANKS.
LaGG-3 1941 1 x 20 mm (Shvak) 2x7.62 mm (SHKAS), 1x12.7 mm (BS) 6 x 82mm A2A/A2G rockets 2 x FAB-100 2 x FAB-50 2 x AO-25 2 x 80 liter drop tanks
LaGG-3-lT 1942 1 x 37 mm (NS) 1x12.7 mm (BS) 2 x 80 liter drop tanks
LaGG-3 late 1943-44 1 x 20 mm (Shvak) 1x12.7 mm (BS) 2 x FAB-50 2 x 80 liter drop tanks

P-39

MODEL YEAR CANNON MACHINE GUNS ROCKETS, BOMBS, DROP TANKS
P-39N 1942 1 x 37 mm 4 x 7.62 mm 2 x 12.7 mm 1 x FAB-250
P-39Q 1943 1 x 37 mm 2 x 12.7 mm 2 x 12.7 (gun pods under each wing) 1 x FAB-250
P-39Q-10 1944-45 1 x 37 mm 2 x 12.7 mm. 1 x FAB-250

La-5FN

MODEL YEAR CANNON MACHINE GUNS ROCKETS, BOMBS, DROP TANKS
La-5FN 1942 2 x 20 mm Non 2 x FAB-100 2 x FAB-50

Yak-1b/Yak-7/Yank-9T/Yak-9K/Yak-9U/Yak-3

MODEL YEAR CANNON MACHINE GUNS ROCKETS, BOMBS, DROP TANKS
Yak-1b 1942 1 x 20 mm 1 x 12,7 mm None
Yak-7 1941 1 x 20 mm 2 x 7,62 mm 6 x RS-82
Yak-9T 1943 1 x 37 mm 1 x 12,7 mm None
Yak-9K 1944 1 x 45 mm 1 x 12,7 mm None
Yak-9U 1944 1 x 20 mm 2 x 12,7 mm None
Yak-3 1944 1 x 20 mm 1 x 12,7 mm None

Bf-109 (Me-109)

MODEL YEAR CANNON MACHINE GUNS BOMBS, WING GUN PODS, DROP TANKS
Bf-109F-2 1941 1 x 15 mm (MG 151/15), 2 x 7.9 mm (MG 17) 1 x SC 250 bomb
Bf-109G-2 1942 1 x 20 mm (MG 151/20) 2 x 7.9 mm (MG 17) 1 x SC 250 bomb 4 x SC 50 bomb. 2 x 20 mm (pod under each wing) 300 liter drop tank
Bf-109G-6 1943-44 1 x 20 mm (MG 151/20)* 2 x 13 mm (MG 131) 1 x SC 250 bomb 4 x SC 50 bomb. 2 x 20 mm (pod under each wing) 2 x 30 mm (pod under each wing) 300 liter drop tank
Bf-109G-6AS 1944-45 1 x 20 mm (MG 151/20), or 1x30 mm Mk-108 2 x 13 mm (MG 131) 1 x SC 250 bomb 4 x SC 50 bomb. 2 x 20 mm (pod under each wing) 2 x 30 mm (pod under each wing) 300 liter drop tank

FW-190A-4

MODEL YEAR CANNON MACHINE GUNS ROCKETS, BOMBS, DROP TANKS
Fw-190A-4 1942 4 x 20 mm 2 x 7,9 mm

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Types of the missions for Russian forces:

Bomber missions (available to all 8 modifications of IL-2, except fighter variant):

1. Ground attack:
Tank and vehicles busting
Stationary objects (airfields and aircraft strafing, bombing bridges, bombing buildings, engineering, AA-defense objects, etc)
Hunt for the enemy ground objects, engineering, and officer’s cars

2. Air attack.
Sweep Ju-87s from the skies (all types of Ju-87)
Protect your troops from Hs-129 ground attack planes
Protect your installations from He-111 bombers
Hunt for the staff plane ‘Storch’
Hunt for Ju-52 transports and descent planes.

3. Escort missions
During 1941-43, IL-2s, equipped with 2x20(or 23)mm guns, 8 or 16 rockets (or deleted rocket rails) with no bombs loaded were used for escorting of fully loaded IL-2 flights. The speed and maneuverability of the IL-2 when it was not loaded with bombs were slightly with the Bf-109E at low altitudes (up to 1.000 m). Such missions should be frequent but they are an interesting diversion from the normal air to ground tasking.

4. Naval attacks
Hunt for naval combat vessels and transports
Hunt for U-boats
Attack naval vessels and installations when they are in port

Fighter missions:

Fighter sweep
Against German, Romanian and Hungarian fighters (Bf-109E-4, Bf-109E-7/B, Bf-109F-2, Bf-109G-2, Bf-109G-6, Bf-109K-4, FW-190A-4, FW-190A-8, FW-190D-9, Me-262)
Intercept
Stukas (Ju-87B-2, Ju-87D-3, Ju-87G-1)
Hs-129 ground attack planes
He-111, Ju-88 bombers
staff plane Fi-156 Storch
train of He-111z + Me-321 Glider
transport planes Me-323 transport planes Me-323, Ju-52
Patrol
Hunt for Ju-52 transports and descent planes, any target
Close Air Support (rockets and bomb target)
Escort flight
Escort of all types of IL-2 bombers
Escort of transport and descent planes Li-2
Naval attacks
Hunt for the enemy torpedo boats.
Hunt for U-boat
Defend Russian military and transport ships.

Bomber missions:

Ground attack:
Tank and vehicles busting
Stationary objects (airfields and aircraft strafing, bombing bridges, bombing buildings, engineering, AA-defense objects, etc)
Hunt for the enemy ground objects, engineering, and officer’s cars

Types of the missions for German side:

Fighter missions:

Intercept
IL-2s (9 types, many variants of this mission)
staff plane U-2 (Po-2)
scout plane R-10
Fighter sweep
Russian fighters (I-16, LaGG-3s, MiG-3s, P-39N, P-39Q, La-5FN, La-7, Yak-1, Yak-7, Yak-9, Yak -3)
Free Hunt
a) Any target.
Patrol
Close combat support (bomb target)
Escort flight
Ju-87 groups
Hs-129 groups
He-111 bombers
Ju-88 bombers
transport and descent planes Ju-52

Bomber missions:

Naval Missions:

Hunt for enemy torpedo boats.
Hunt for enemy armored boats
Defense of the German, Italian and Romanian military and transport ships
Close support of Stuka’s attacks against Russian Destroyers and transports.

THE LIST of NON-FLYABLE AI planes

R-10
U-2 (Po-2)
Li-2
I-16
I-153
La-7
Pe-2 (with various of modifications 1940-1944)
Pe-3
Pe-8
MBR-2
Tu-2S
G-11
Bf-109E-4
Bf-109E-7/B
Bf-109K-4
FW-190A-5
FW-190A-8
FW-190D-9
He-111H
He-111Z
Hs-129B-2
Hs-129B-3/Wa
Ju-87B-2
Ju-87D-3
Ju-87G-1
Ju-52
Ju-52 with floats (Sea Plane)
Ju-88
Fi-156 Storch
FW-189,
Me-323
Me-321
He-162
Me-262
IAR-80
IAR-81
Macchi MC.202

NOTE: Some of the aircraft on this list above have been created with the possibility to use them for future flyable planes add-ons. They are marked in bold.

The list of other active AI objects:

Tanks

USSR
BT-7
T-34
T-34-85
KV-1
IS-2
T-40
T-60
T-70M
SU-76M
SU-85
SU-100
ISU-152
ZSU-37

USA (Lend-lease, Russian side)
M4A2 Sherman
M4A2(76)W Sherman

UK (Lend-lease, Russian side)
Mk III Valentine II

Germany
Pz.IIF
Pz.IIIJ
Pz.IIIG
Pz.IIIM
Pz.IIIN
Pz.IVE
Pz.IVF2
Pz.IVJ
Pz.V Panther
Pz.VIE Tiger
Pz.VIB Tiger II
Wirbelwind (2cm Flak)
StuG III
StuG IV
Jagdpanther
Ferdinant (Elefant)
7.5 cm Panzerjager 38(t) Hetzer.

Armored Vehicles
USSR
BA-64
BA-10

Germany
Sd.Kfz.251
Sd.Kfz.4/1 150mm rocket launcher

Cars
USSR
GAZ- M1 - civilian car
GAZ -67 jeep
ZIS-5 personnel carrier
ZIS-5 radio car
ZIS-5 mobile flak
ZIS-5 medical
ZIS -6 fuel car
BM-13 Katusha rocket launcher

USA (Lend-lease, Russian side of the war)
Willis MB - jeep
Studebecker (truck)
Studebecker rocket launcher (With Russian rocket turret)

Germany
Opel Blitz fuel car
Opel Blitz radio car
Opel Blitz tent car
Opel Blitz halftruck
Opel Blitz halftruck with AA cannon
Opel Blitz medical
Kübelwagen
Opel Kadett
RSO artillery carrier
BMW bike
NSU-Kettenkrad HK-101 (Sd.Kfz.2)

NOTICE: Almost all vehicles above made with two types of camouflage: winter and summer.

Trains:
2 variants of locomotives
Train platforms with: tanks, cars, AA guns
Train cars: Usual transport and cargo train cars, cisterns

Guns:
USSR
Antitank gun
Field howitzer
AA cannon 1x25 mm
AA cannon 1x85 mm

Germany
Antitank gun
Field howitzer
AA cannon 1x20 mm
AA cannon 1x88 mm

Ships:
USSR
Destroyer,
Armored Gunboat BBK-1 with rocket turrets,
Armored Gunboat BBK-1 with T-34/76 turrets,
Torpedo boat G-5,
Transport ship

Germany, Italy, Romania
Submarine Type IIB,
Torpedo boat S-80
Torpedo boat MAS-501,
Transport ship