#BOMBER CREW PATCH#

This is, however, subverted by the final version available, which is ammo-fed, and thus quite practical. They're enormously powerful, have huge range, and make a mockery of the armor of enemy heavy fighters, but they chew through ammo quickly and carry relatively little of it, and as such, necessitate long and frequent trips to and from the ammo dump that the dorsal and ventral turret don't have to worry about due to being right next to the ammo dump. Awesome, but Impractical: 20mm gun mountings in the nose and tail turrets.The additional pilot seat also facilitated better training than the Lancaster, since it enabled a senior flight instructor to fly with the pilot he was training and take over if necessary, whereas the Lancaster had only one pilot seat in an elevated position, preventing a flight instructor from even being present with trainees during flight. The real life B17 always flew with two pilots, which gave it an advantage in comparison to the Lancaster in that it had an extra pilot who could fly the plane if one was critically wounded or killed. The real life B17 Flying Fortress had a crew compliment of 10, but has only 9 crewmen in this game, notably missing the co-pilot and his station.This apparently doesn't apply in the game's world see Made of Explodium below. Lancasters did operate solo on sub patrol and air-sea rescue missions, but a strategic bombing mission requires at least 4-8 Bombers flying in formation to be able to effectively support each other and deliver enough bombs on target to actually have a noticeable effect. Sending out a lone Lancaster on a mission is something the Royal Air Force rarely did in real-life, and likewise, the USAAF rarely sent out lone B-17s.This was corrected in the sequel, Space Crew, which has a 'fight fires' button that will automatically send any crewman with an extinguisher to fight the closest fire. You also need to click on a precise spot on the fire to get a crewmen with an extinguisher to fight the fire, or else they'll just stand in the fire and do nothing. In when a fire breaks out, crewmen will just stand in fire and burn to death till you tell them to move.If you don't order them to reload, they'll just sit in their empty turrets and do nothing. You also have to tell your turret gunners to get more ammo when their machine guns run dry.

You have to tag attacking aircraft for your gunners to begin firing on them, even if the fighters have already wounded your crew or aircraft.Anyone Can Die: Your bomber crews are vulnerable and will die if they got shot too many times or the plane explodes.It'll even tag the stealth Ho 229 for you. Your radio operator can learn the Auto Tag skill, which tags all the enemy fighters in the area for a short time, helping you tag large numbers of fighters and pesky-close up aircraft that you're having a hard time keeping in the reticle, or possibly even finding.In a second layer of anti-frustration features, this capability was eventually patched in as an available option for all turrets, and is standard on all guns mounted on the B-17. The ammo-feed mechanism allows guns in the tail turret to reload indefinitely without having to run to the ammo dump, eliminating very long and very regular ammo runs.

#BOMBER CREW PATCH#

The second patch added a button to lock your pilot in his seat, preventing the player from accidentally choosing the pilot when moving someone in the nose to another station.

Not using it during a mission adds a modest bonus to your experience and cash rewards.

The first patch added a Slow Time button, which you can use if the action gets to heavy to keep track of everything.

If you lose your aircraft and entire crew, you will have to buy completely new personal equipment for their replacements, but at least some of the upgrades you bought for your previous bomber will transfer over to the new craft, and you can recruit new crew at the same primary skill level.

Bomber crew