50 Mission Crush

50 Mission Crush
Developer(s)John Gray
Publisher(s)Strategic Simulations
Platform(s)Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64, MS-DOS
Release1984
Genre(s)Computer wargame
Mode(s)Single-player

50 Mission Crush (sometimes Fifty Mission Crush) is a turn-based strategy computer wargame published in 1984 by Strategic Simulations (SSI) that simulates the career of the crew of a B-17 Flying Fortress bomber during World War II. The bomber is based out of the RAF Thurleigh base just north of London, and is part of the 8th Air Force. While most of SSI's games emphasized long-term strategic planning, 50 Mission Crush was marketed explicitly for its quick, comparatively fast pace: each mission takes no more than about 10 minutes. SSI described it as a "role-playing game".