Below is a collection of images from Microsoft's Combat Flight Simulator 3. Click on the thumbnails below to view an enlarged image.
An RAF North American B-25J gunship strafes a German airfield and hangar. B-25 strafers rarely flew more than 100' above the ground, and with a concentrated fire of 12 forward fixed 50-calibur machine guns, most structures and vehicles--including tanks--disintegrated under a concentrated hail of bullets. The B-25J & H strafer variants were the most devastating ground attack aircraft of WWII, and were especially successful in the Pacific.
A German Focke-Wulf FW-190 hunts for potential American and British ground targets through the rain-soaked French countryside.
An RAF de Havilland Mosquito FB.Mk VI in winter camouflage prowls the Ardennes forest for German targets of opportunity.
A Hawker Tempest Mk V patrols the coast of England searching for incoming V-1 Buzz Bombs. The Tempest was one of the fastest propeller-driven aircraft of the European theater and was the best Allied fighter for pursuing incoming German V-1s, which were propelled by a pulse-jet ducted engine and traveled at a consistent 400mph.
The Junkers JU-88 was the Luftwaffe's most common bomber used throughout the second half of WWII. This detailed close-up of a JU-88 cockpit is taken directly from Combat Flight Simulator 3. The image was captured by zooming in on one aircraft from a formation of JU-88s flying at 1,000 feet above the forest floor. This level of detail in a game is truly remarkable!
A Supermarine Spitfire Mk-IX on fire over a brooding rainstorm soaked Normandy landscape.
A Junkers JU-88, with starboard engine on fire, attempts to loose it's attackers in the clouds over the French countryside.