The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress is an American four-engined heavy bomber aircraft developed in the 1930s for the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC). A fast and high-flying bomber of its era, the B-17 was used primarily in the European Theater of Operations and dropped more bombs than any other aircraft during World War II. It is the third-most produced bomber of all time, behind the American four-engined Consolidated B-24 Liberator and the German multirole, twin-engined Junkers Ju 88. It was also employed as a transport, antisubmarine aircraft, drone controller, and search-and-rescue aircraft.
The B-17E (299O) was an extensive redesign of the previous B-17D. The most obvious change was the larger, completely new vertical stabilizer, originally developed for the Boeing 307 Stratoliner, and the addition of a tail gunner. Experience had shown the Flying Fortress was vulnerable to attack from behind. The redesign added a tail gunner's position and a powered, dorsal turret located just behind the cockpit. Each of these positions were armed with a pair of Browning AN/M2 .50 cal. machine guns). Until these modifications, specific maneuvers were needed against attacks from behind, including yawing the bomber laterally, allowing the waist gunners to alternate bursts at enemy fighters. For better visibility the waist gunner teardrop sliding panels were replaced by rectangular windows. In the first production run, the ventral gunner's "bathtub" from the B-17D was replaced by a remotely-sighted Bendix turret. It was similar to the one used in the B-25B through -D Mitchell bombers.
The file contains the unit and pcx files. Model is not my own creation. Wyrmshadow helped with the animation files. I merely put the pieces together and cleaned up the model for CivIII and added some what if pieces. A big thanks to everyone that helped out!
The B-17E (299O) was an extensive redesign of the previous B-17D. The most obvious change was the larger, completely new vertical stabilizer, originally developed for the Boeing 307 Stratoliner, and the addition of a tail gunner. Experience had shown the Flying Fortress was vulnerable to attack from behind. The redesign added a tail gunner's position and a powered, dorsal turret located just behind the cockpit. Each of these positions were armed with a pair of Browning AN/M2 .50 cal. machine guns). Until these modifications, specific maneuvers were needed against attacks from behind, including yawing the bomber laterally, allowing the waist gunners to alternate bursts at enemy fighters. For better visibility the waist gunner teardrop sliding panels were replaced by rectangular windows. In the first production run, the ventral gunner's "bathtub" from the B-17D was replaced by a remotely-sighted Bendix turret. It was similar to the one used in the B-25B through -D Mitchell bombers.
The file contains the unit and pcx files. Model is not my own creation. Wyrmshadow helped with the animation files. I merely put the pieces together and cleaned up the model for CivIII and added some what if pieces. A big thanks to everyone that helped out!