# B-17 Flying Fortress

Heavy bomber. A crew, not a lone pilot.

Object · Fictionalized · Established

Stable ID: `margin-aces-aircraft-b17` · Revision 2 · Updated 2026-10-30

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

[Web page](/field-guide/entities/margin-aces-aircraft-b17/) · [JSON record](/field-guide/entities/margin-aces-aircraft-b17/record.json)

## At a glance

- A durable flying notebook. Wide defensive fire and heavy bombs buy space for slower turns. In this notebook its specialty is defensive fan. All twelve aircraft are available from the hangar; the selection is a playful comparison of handling, not a reconstruction of historical opposing forces.

- Real aircraft design · fictional arcade handling and matchups.

## 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

- What does the single-player control scheme leave out? A B-17F depended on ten crew members. Navigation, flying and defense required people working together; one game controller compresses their separate jobs.

## Sources

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

## Reference library

### Source reference

![B-17 Flying Fortress, from the Margin Aces aircraft sprite.](/field-guide/assets/references/margin-aces-aircraft-b17/01-notebook-aircraft-v1-1200.webp)

B-17 Flying Fortress, from the Margin Aces aircraft sprite.

[Download full-size image](/field-guide/assets/references/margin-aces-aircraft-b17/01-notebook-aircraft-v1.webp) · [Original project image](/gamelab/marginaces.html) · v1 · SHA-256: `97451e111163b6986cd35ff03ec01ab3df8d8686de60f759fb8124939ae3a6c5`