B-17 Flying Fortress

B-17 Flying Fortress


 Some Hints
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Success in B-17 revolves around taking care of and learning 
from your crew. Take time to notice how the computer-controlled 
gunners aim for the fast moving fighters and try to learn from 
their techniques.
When you are being attacked, use 'Z' and 'X' to change to an 
enemy fighter, then SHIFT-F1 to see the battle from the fighter 
pilot's view.

Take care of your engines:
Make regular checks on the outside view to check your engines; 
if your co-pilot has been hit you don't get any warning. 
Fuel leaks can be critical to the success of a mission. 
If necessary you need to turn off an engine or two and drop out 
of formation to conserve fuel. If your engines are on fire point 
the nose at the ground and try diving at between 350-400 mph - 
this is useful in later levels when one fire extinguisher per 
engine isn't enough.

A healthy crew is a happy crew:
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Make regular checks to ensure the crew is OK and that the 
guns aren't jammed - it's easy to miss messages in the heat 
of combat. Keep at least one pilot healthy because the plane 
can end up in a spin if it's in a turn when the pilot is hit, 
giving little time to bail out.

Make the radio operator send a MayDay message to improve your 
chances of survival when you're bailing out over the channel. 
Landing an engineless, bullet-ridden, flame-scorched B-17 after 
a mission is risky and difficult. Bail out over the channel to 
ensure mission success. Before landing, attempt to heal injured 
crew otherwise they are hospitalised. 
Having more than one crew member peform first aid on a casualty 
increases the chances of success.

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