''Dawn Patrol'' is a

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combat flight simulator by Rowan Software. It was released in 1994 for

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and

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. The game's front end takes the form of a

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ed book describing the history of the war in the air, the aircraft, and some of the famous aces who flew them, with each page featuring a mission directly related to the subject. The player may choose to fly each mission on the side of the British

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or the German Air Service, flying many early fighter aircraft such as the

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and Fokker Dr.I featured on the box illustration. The Amiga version came with a book called ''Richthofen: The man and the aircraft he flew''. Amiga Computing gave the game a rating of 88%. ''Dawn Patrol: Head to Head'' was released in 1995 by Rowan Software as an improved version of Dawn Patrol and additionally featured one-on-one dogfighting via serial modem connection. '' Flying Corps'' also by Rowan Software (working title: ''Dawn Patrol 2'') was the unofficial successor to ''Dawn Patrol'' and ''Dawn Patrol: Head to Head''.

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