B-17 Flying Fortress is a simulation of the legendary heavy bomber of World War II.

After customizing one's bomber with nose art and a name, one of several randomly assigned bombing missions into Germany must be flown. The game not only features actual flight simulation, but also crew management. Each of the 10 crew members has ratings for categories like piloting, bombing and gunnery. During a mission, crew members can be reassigned to other posts if needed because of injuries. Each position including the pilot seat, the guns and the bombing sight can of course also be controlled by the player.

A historically accurate number of 25 missions must be flown and survived to complete a tour of duty.

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Alternate Titles

"B-17 Flying Fortress: World War II Bombers in Action" -- Tag-lined title

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Merchant	Title
	B-17 Flying Fortress
	B-17 Flying Fortress
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User Reviews

Go Army Air Corp!	Narf! (128)	unrated
Highly detailed simulation, albeit often tedious and overly time-consuming	Dasharatha (10)

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The Press Says

PC Games (Germany)	Oct, 1992	69 out of 100	69
PC Player (Germany)	Mar, 1995	61 out of 100	61
Computer Gaming World (CGW)	Sep, 1993		60

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Trivia

Freeware release

In 2000, Microprose has allowed the developer of B-17 Flying Fortress: The Mighty 8th, the game's 'sequel', to release the original B-17 Flying Fortress games as freeware in a promotional attempt. See the links section for the address.

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This entry was contributed by Verk (203), NGC 5194 (17333) and Martin Smith (63217)