B-17 Flying Fortress (video game)

B-17 Flying Fortress
North American cover art
Developer(s)Vektor Grafix
Publisher(s)MicroProse
Designer(s)Mike Brunton
Programmer(s)Graeme Baird
Ian Martin
Dominic Robinson
Terry Spencer
Artist(s)Dean Betton
Mark Griffiths
Composer(s)John Broomhall
Release1992 (DOS)
1993 (Amiga, Atari ST)
Genre(s)Air combat simulation
Mode(s)Single-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 the PC 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.