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- 1. Tips
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- 1. Tips:
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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.
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- Take care of your engines:
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- 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.
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- 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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