Combat Over Europe

Release Date: February 27, 2004

Simulation, World War II, planes, multiplayer, singleplayer, internet, LAN

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Combat Over Europe is an addition to the extension of the great IL-2 Sturmovik flight simulator, subtitled The Forgotten Battles, published in March 2003.

Games Description

Combat Over Europe for IL2 Sturmovik's Forgotten Battles Expansion Set features eight new campaigns, special training features, online cooperative missions, a speech pack to convert Russian and German to English, and a skin pack with ten new skins.

Luftwaffe campaigns include the following:

* Berlin 1944-1945 Campaign for the Bf 109 - 100 missions

* JV44 1945 Campaign for the Me262 - 40 missions

* Poland 1939 Campaign for the Ju87 Stuka - 30 missions

* Crimea 1942 Campaign for the Bf 109 - 70 missions

Russian Campaigns include two fifty mission campaigns for the I-16 monoplane and the I-153 biplane.

USAAF and RAF campaigns include the following:

D-Day Tactical campaign flying the P47-D. A retired USAAF P47 pilot is acting as technical advisor. Strategic campaign April 15 - June 5, 1944 flying the P51-D in escort for B17s.

Battle of Britain (using a non British map) with the Hurricane, 109 Emil, Ju87B Stuka and Me 110 Zerstorer.

A selection of 24 online cooperative missions include a range of aircraft in both summer and winter conditions. Three dogfight maps are also included, allowing you to host an ongoing Battle of Britain scenario online as well as a USAAF vs Luftwaffe scenario.

Skin sets allow you to fly with historically correct squadron markings. You may choose the 354th Fighter Group or the 404th Fighter Group for the P47-D or the P51-D. Hundreds of additional skins are available for immediate download via the Skin Library feature.

Training features include WWII video footage designed for familiarization and flight training for the P47 and P51. Fifteen training tracks provide instruction on air to air gunnery, with eight training tracks for pilots of the tricky Me 262 jet fighter. Single training missions allow you to test your own skills in the German jet. A separate twelve page PDF document provides classroom style instruction in air to air combat for budding aces.

Further documents include A Short History of JV44, Development of the Me262 and an interview with a living P47 Thunderbolt ace. Cockpit guides are included for the Bf 109, the P47D, the P51D and the Me 262, as well as takeoff and climb performance charts for the P47-D and P51-D. A German and Russian command chart round out the package.

Last updated on August 14, 2015

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