B-17 Flying Fortress (video game)

B-17 Flying Fortress
DeveloperVektor Grafix
PublisherMicroProse
DesignerMike Brunton
ProgrammersGraeme Baird
Ian Martin
Dominic Robinson
Terry Spencer
ArtistsDean Betton
Mark Griffiths
ComposerJohn Broomhall
PlatformsAmiga, Atari ST, MS-DOS
Release
  • 1992: MS-DOS
  • 1993: Amiga, ST
GenreCombat flight simulation
ModeSingle-player

B-17 Flying Fortress: World War II Bombers in Action is a combat flight simulation video game developed by Vektor Grafix and published by MicroProse for MS-DOS in 1992 and for the Amiga and Atari ST in 1993. The game simulates training, combat missions and sorties in a tour of duty in the Eighth Air Force of the United States Army Air Forces in the European Theater of Operations aboard a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber during World War II. It was followed by B-17 Flying Fortress: The Mighty 8th in 2000.