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Boeing B-17g Flying Fortress "Thunderbird" (Draegast'd)

The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress is a large heavy bomber introduced in 1938. It became the third most produced bomber of all time, with close to 13,000 units built before they were retired in 1968. They played a major role in the European Theater in the war with Germany, and also served in the Pacific. B-17s were used extensively by both the US Air Force and the RAF. Their name, the Flying Fortress came from its extensive defensive armaments it carried. It had a dorsal turret, ventral ball turret, waist gunners, and nose and tail gunners. G models had a chin turret fitted to the front. Post war, the B-17 was used for various other roles such as research, rescue, cargo, and target practice. Today, fewer than a dozen still fly.

Blockcount:

489 Blocks

Flying Difficulty:

Easy

Controls

X: Engine
R T Y
F G H: Pitch, Roll, Yaw

Q E: Landing Gear
1, 2: Bombs
N M: Bomb Bay
U: Pilot Camera
B: Bombardier View

Because there are 6 turrets, each set of turret keys is bound to control 2 turrets at once.

Gunner Controls

I, J, K, L: Dorsal and Ventral Ball Turret Movement
Semicolon: Dorsal Gunner
Period: Ventral Ball Turret Gunner

(Numpad) 5, 1, 2, 3: Waist Gunner Movement
(Numpad) 4: Left Gunner
(Numpad) 6: Right Gunner

Arrow Keys: Chin and Tail Turret Movement
Rt Ctrl: Chin Turret Gunner
Rt Shift: Tail Gunner