Dambusters 75 years ago - Prepar3d

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It is 75 years ago that the two Ruhr dams and one Weser dam were attacked by the Dambusters. Now I have finally upgraded from Flight Simulator FSX to 64bit Prepar3D v4.1, let's see how it looks like with the default scenery configured to the highest setting, compared to real-life (real-world pictures from here).

First the Mohne reservoir and the Mohne dam;

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Mohne reservoir real-life

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Mohne reservoir in Prepar3D standard

Recognizable, but where is the dam?

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Mohne dam real-life

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Mohne dam in Prepar3D standard

It's not there. Let's move to the Eder reservoir;

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Eder reservoir real-world

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Eder reservoir in Prepar3D standard

Again recognizable, but where is the dam?

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Eder dam real-life

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Eder dam in Prepar3D standard

It's not there either.

There were also bombers that tried to breach the Sorpe dam. Let's see...

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Sorpe reservoir real-life

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Sorpe reservoir in Prepar3D standard

The Sorpe dam is there.

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Dambusters 75 years ago - Prepar3d (2)

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Sorpe dam real-world

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Sorpe dam Prepar3D standard

Next, real-world compared with Prepar3D and FTX Global BASE Pack, FTX Global VECTOR and FTX Global openLC Europe;

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Mohne reservoir real-world

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Mohne reservoir P3D4 + FTX

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Mohne dam real-world

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Mohne dam P3D4 + FTX

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Eder reservoir real-world

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Eder reservoir P3D4 + FTX

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Eder dam real-world

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Eder dam P3D4 + FTX

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Sorpe reservoir real-world

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Sorpe reservoir P3D4 + FTX

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Sorpe dam real-world

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Sorpe dam P3D4 + FTX

(real-world pictures via this dambusters page)