Either way, you'll soon come to appreciate the skill and bravery of these golden boys, many barely out of their teens. Or you can get a new perspective by flying the Zero. You fly a series of missions against Japanese Zeros in superior but less nimble planes. Microsoft's second version of Combat Fighter Simulator, which is set in the Pacific, mirrors this conflict. A senior officer told a gathering of 100 fighter bomber crews charged with attacking the Japanese Pacific fleet: "If 15 of you get through and hit your target, we'll consider the mission a success." What cost so many young Allied pilots their lives was the deadly manouevrability of the Japanese Zero fighters, manufactured from a cast-off American design. WW2 Pacific Theatre Microsoft, PC $109.95 Review: Peter Eley The scene: a briefing aboard an American aircraft carrier during the Battle of Midway during the Second World War.
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