• Spitfire Ace is a combat flight simulator video game created and published by MicroProse in 1982 shortly after it was founded. It was one of the first...
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    The British Supermarine Spitfire was facing several challenges by mid-1942. The debut of the formidable Focke-Wulf Fw 190 in late 1941 had caused problems...
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  • sold a ton." Hellcat Ace was a success and led to several new games in quick succession; Spitfire Ace was a modified Hellcat Ace released the same year...
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    Smallwood, Hugh. Spitfire in Blue. London: Osprey Aerospace, 1996. ISBN 1-85532-615-9. Thomas, Andrew.Griffon Spitfire Aces: Aircraft of the Aces 81. London:...
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    The Supermarine Spitfire is a British single-seat fighter aircraft that was used by the Royal Air Force and other Allied countries before, during, and...
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    The Supermarine Spitfire, the only British fighter to be manufactured before, during and after the Second World War, was designed as a short-range fighter...
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    The British Supermarine Spitfire was one of the most popular fighter aircraft of the Second World War. The basic airframe proved to be extremely adaptable...
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    run of flight simulation titles beginning with Hellcat Ace (1982) and continuing with Spitfire Ace (1982), Solo Flight (1983), and F-15 Strike Eagle (1985)...
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    bring?" Sarkar, The Spitfire Manual, "Introduction: Spitfire!" Cooper, Darwin Spitfires, pp. 100–101 Sarkar, Spitfire Ace of Aces, "The Bader factor:...
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    Johnnie Johnson (RAF officer) (category British World War II flying aces)
    Late Marque Spitfire Aces 1942 – 1945. Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-85532-575-3. Price, Alfred (1997). Spitfire Mark V Aces, 1941–45. Oxford...
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  • (2018-10-18). "Spitfire Documentary Available for Screenings". FLYING Magazine. Retrieved 2023-01-24. Neal, Toby. "Shropshire Spitfire ace Allan in spotlight...
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    MicroProse found a niche with first-person aerial combat games: Hellcat Ace (1982), Spitfire Ace (1982), and F-15 Strike Eagle (1985). Amidst a flurry of faux-3D...
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  • fourth flight simulator Meier wrote for MicroProse—following Hellcat Ace, Spitfire Ace, and Wingman—and the first which did not involve aerial combat. In...
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    John Plagis (category Greek World War II flying aces)
    ISBN 978-0-86920-140-4. Nichols, Steve (September 2008). Malta Spitfire Aces. Osprey Aircraft of the Aces. Vol. 83 (First ed.). Oxford: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84603-305-6...
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    Battle of Britain. (Aurum Press, 2001). Davison, Martin and Taylor, James.Spitfire Ace: Flying the Battle of Britain. (Pan Books, 2004). Deighton, Len (2008)...
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    Supermarine Spitfire variants powered by early model Rolls-Royce Merlin engines mostly utilised single-speed, single-stage superchargers. The British Supermarine...
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    named Cold Lake/Group Captain R.W. McNair Airport after World War II Spitfire ace Robert Wendell "Buck" McNair. It is one of three military aerodromes...
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    including Spitfire Ace produced by RDF Media/Channel 4 (2004), Dangerous Adventures for Boys produced by Channel 5 (2008), and The Spitfire: Britain's...
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  • were the subjects of a 2015 Channel 4 documentary titled Sex Change Spitfire Ace. The documentary told the story of their lives and featured interviews...
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  • (VR) B-17 Bomber (video game) (1982) Spitfire 40 (1985) (aka. Spitfire 40: A Flight Simulation Program) Ace of Aces (video game) (1986) Wings of Fury (1987)...
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  • Pilot has faster graphics”. Commodore User compared the game to Spitfire Ace and said Spitfire 40 is the better of the two. Crash called the game an excellent...
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    Otto Smik (category Czechoslovak World War II flying aces)
    was a Czechoslovak pilot of Slovak-Russian Jew origin who became a fighter ace in the Royal Air Force. He joined the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve in...
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    News. 18 April 2012. Retrieved 5 April 2023. Sarkar, Dilip (2011). Spitfire Ace of Aces: The True Wartime Story of Johnnie Johnson. Amberley Publishing....
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  • contributor to television programmes including the Channel 4 series Spitfire Ace. He married Atalanta Beaumont in 1987, the daughter of Tim Beaumont,...
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  • This is a list of fighter aces in World War II from United States. For other countries see List of World War II flying aces by country Contents A B C...
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  • Stephenson OBE, a member of ITV Central's Regional Advisory Council. "Spitfire ace was named Midlander of the Year". Birmingham Mail. 11 June 2018. ProQuest 2052723082...
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    RAF Tangmere revisited. Sutton. ISBN 075091906X. Sarkar, Dilip. Spitfire Ace of Aces: The True Wartime Story of Johnnie Johnson. Amberley Publishing,...
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  • Atari ST, MS-DOS 1992 Spirit of Speed 1937 Dreamcast, Windows 1999 Spitfire Ace Atari 8-bit ('82) Commodore 64 ('84) 1982 Star Trek Generations Windows...
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    combat game Hellcat Ace. Hellcat Ace began a series of increasingly sophisticated 8-bit flight simulation games, including Spitfire Ace (1982) and Solo Flight...
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    Burke – Mayor of Porirua Johnnie Checketts – Silver Star, Wingco and Spitfire Ace Nathan Cohen – Olympic and two-time world champion rower Geoffrey Cox...
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