[ndonnellan]

My first thought upon seeing the images in the article: that's not a B-17! But the microprose announcement makes it more clear that the B-24 will be added, https://www.microprose.com/games/the-mighty-eighth#

[edit] historical note: my grandfather was a tailgunner in B-24s.

[burnte]

An on-again-off-again Murphy's Romance kind of boy friend of my mother in the 80s was a pilot of a B-24. He flew it limping home full of bullet holes more than once. Impressive stories.

[zip1234]

Some truly crazy things happened. One that I always thought was interesting was about two B-17s that collided and then they kept flying on together and even attempted to land: http://overlord-wot.blogspot.com/2015/07/piggyback.html

[bitwize]

American warplanes were the Rocky Balboas of the air: they could take a lot of punishment and keep moving forward.

[smacktoward]

The title of the new game is just The Mighty Eighth, no specific bomber mentioned. The real-world "Mighty Eighth," the Eighth Air Force (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eighth_Air_Force), operated both B-17s and B-24s.

[daveslash]

Came here to make the same comment.You're not the only one who was immediately struck like that. That said, I still hope to enjoy this game.