User Guide

Introduction

They called it ‘The Mighty Eighth’, the US Army Air Force 8th Bomber

Command. The force that flew daylight missions over occupied Europe,

striking at specific military targets with pinpoint accuracy. The main

drawback was that enemy fighters and flak concentrations could clearly

see them in daylight. The solution was massive defensive bomber

formations that had to fight their way there and fight their way back.

B-17 Flying Fortress ‘The Mighty Eighth’ recreates that era, in a Second

World War simulation that gives you total control of every aspect of the

strategic air war (including the opposing fighters).

You’ll learn to fly the legendary B-17G ‘Flying Fortress’ and feel the

power and grace of the massive four-engine bomber. You can also be

one of the escort fighter pilots and fly the P-38 ‘Lightning’, the P-51

‘Mustang’, or the P-47 ‘Thunderbolt’. In addition, you can take on the

role of the Luftwaffe and jump into the cockpit of the German

interceptors: the Bf-109, FW-190, and the jet powered Me-262!

This is the ultimate flight crew simulation, as you become an expert at

all ten B-17 crew positions allowing you to take off and land the

massive bomber, shoot from all turret positions, navigate across a

realistically mapped Europe, send radio messages, carry out bomb runs,

release the bombs and watch them hit the target!

B-17 Flying Fortress ‘The Mighty Eighth’. The complete WW2 strategic air

war flight simulation