# THE LAST MARGIN

B-17 Flying Fortress silhouette · read the fan.

Character · Fictional · Established

Stable ID: `margin-aces-ace-12` · Revision 1 · Updated 2026-10-30

Context: [Margin Aces](/field-guide/collections/margin-aces/)

[Web page](/field-guide/entities/margin-aces-ace-12/) · [JSON record](/field-guide/entities/margin-aces-ace-12/record.json)

## At a glance

- The Last Margin is the notebook’s final examination. Familiar cues return together around a heavy B-17 silhouette. Its defeat ends a fictional campaign and opens the final sketch of the aircraft you actually flew.

- Fictional NPC · not a historical pilot, commander or combat record.

## Appearances

- [Margin Aces encyclopedia](/gamelab/projects/marginaces/) (context: [Margin Aces](/field-guide/collections/margin-aces/))

## Dated changes

- 2026-10-30: Added from the named source to the Field Guide.

## Open questions

- Which parts of this entry are historical, and which belong to the game? The B-17 Flying Fortress is a historical aircraft design. This named ace, its page assignment and its two-phase attack pattern are fictional.

## Sources

- [Margin Aces encyclopedia](/gamelab/projects/marginaces/)

## Portrait

![A blue-ink B-17 Flying Fortress viewed from above, labelled THE LAST MARGIN.](/field-guide/assets/portraits/catalog-boss-models-margin-aces-ace-12-card-v1-1200.webp)

Native B-17 Flying Fortress sprite assigned to THE LAST MARGIN, Page 12. THE LAST MARGIN is a fictional game opponent.

[Download original](/field-guide/assets/portraits/catalog-boss-models-margin-aces-ace-12-card-v1.png) · [Margin Aces native aircraft sprite](/gamelab/projects/marginaces/) · v1 · SHA-256: `9308ef6b2572236ee34641ccb3b320b1b032b5c1534c4ea6371e1b78ed85da37`