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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-pilothas
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 inlater levels when one fire extinguisher per engine isn't
enough.
A healthy crew is a happy crew:
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 pilothealthy because the plane can end up in a spin if it's in a turn
when the pilotis 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. Bailout over
the channel to ensure mission success. Before landing, attempt to
healinjured crew otherwise they are hospitalised. Having more than one
crew member perform first aid on a casualty increases the chances of
success.
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