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From 'Air Combat Units of WWII' for the Board Game Geek forum campaign's B-17 group.

Part I: Advanced YB-40 Historical Campaign for B-17:Queen of the Skies Part II: Advanced YB-40 for B-17:Queen of the Skies. The YB-40 was introduced in the article Operation Porcupine by C. Posey and G. De Michel a few years ago in The General (Vol. 26 #5). You will need Operation Porcupine if you would like to play the YB-40 Historical Campaign flying a YB-40. In it you will find how to modify your B-17 into a YB-40 and how to use the extra crew man, the Ammunition Stocker. In YB-40: Bomber Escort you will find a more detailed campaign based on the actual missions flown during the war when the YB-40 was assigned. If you compare the YB-40 Mission List with the list of missions you can find here, you will see that many targets are not listed in the former. The missions and targets in YB-40 are not only for those bomb groups where the YB-40 provided escort, but also other targets which were bombed by groups that could have had one or more Escort Bombers assigned. There were missions flown on other dates during this time period. YB-40 covers only those missions on which YB-40s were assigned, whether they did not take off, aborted or completed the mission. In YB-40: Escort Bomber Part II you will find almost all targets bombed by the 8th Air Force between May 1st and August 31st 1943, plus a Gazetteer which cover all targets in YB-40 Part II. The weather was not the best during this period so on several missions the secondary target had to be bombed. A few of the targets in the Target List in Part II are secondaries and one or two are Targets of Opportunity. In Part II you will also find more YB-40 tables. For example, Table G-4 Formation Position for the YB-40, and more detailed YB-40 P- and Bl- damage tables. There is also an optional table which decides which group your YB-40 will be assigned to for the mission and a few other new Mission Planning Tables which cover weather, if your YB-40 has Tokyo Tanks and whether or not the mission is affected by 8th and 9th Air Forces other missions or diversions. If you have Operation Porcupine (The General,Vol. 26 #5) and YB-40: Escort Bomber Part I, everything you need to plan your own YB-40 mission in the world of B-17: Queen of the Skies is here. ******************** Contact me if you would like to have a YB-40 Escort Bomber Campaign Map Board (crude version, made from the original) & a YB-40 Crew Placement Board (if you don't have it already). Magnuzk

Now includes nose gunner

V0.01 - Minor corrections I have updated Alexius kastrologos excellent B17 Flight Log with his permission

I have updated Alexius kastrologos excellent B17 Flight Log with his permission

Here is version 2 of the tables. Just like version 1, these are .jpegs and if you would like the .pdf please message me.

A set of tables to help randomize your selection of a 8 AF B-17 squadron. Also included is a little bit of history for each bomb group. These a .jpegs, if you want the .pdf version please send me a message and i will send it to you. The .pdf is a little over 16 megs. I hope this adds a little more history to your gaming.

A set of tables to help randomize your selection of a 15 AF B-17 squadron. Also included is a little bit of history for each bomb group. I hope this adds a little more history to your gaming and thanks to jasta6 for the die roll help.

Version 2.1, My New Random Event Table for more options in your games. A modified version of Random Events and Mechanical Failures incorporating many new ideas.

Included is all of the errata from the 1984 version of the B-17 rulebook and Orange sheet, plus the clarifications from Avalon Hill's "The General" magazine Volume 20, Number 6.

This is a game play aid to check the damage that suffers the B 17F.

This is a gameplay sequence diagram to help the players get through the missions.

A flowchart to act as a guide and a reminder of events throughout the game.

Some simple gaming aid tables in Greek language.

This is a very helpful diagram in Greek language. This is my first upload in BGG and i hope to do many more. Διάγραμμα παιξίματος του παιχνιδιού.

A 332nd Fighter Group fighter cover variant for B-17: QOTS 15th Air Force.

FIGHTER COVER IN THE ETO - Advanced Guidelines for B-17:Queen of the Skies

This is a B-17 QotS Mission Chart for use by the 281st Bomb Group on BGG.

This revision corrects errors in the sequence during successive attacks.

A two page game summary that incorporates major rules, written in a psuedo-code style.

A single sheet summary I made up some time ago for B-17. It lists what I consider the 5 major stages of flow in the game.

B-17 gunnery pie chart. (corrected)

This is an UPDATED file now in .pdf format so it prints much clearer and cleaner.

(Updated and modified from original version from Rally Point Products used for their Multiplayer version of B-17 at game conventions.)

A tuckbox for this classic game.

A simple excel table to have different version of fighters in different historical period.Rolling a dice to know your enemy fighter.

This is a high quality image of the top half of the mapboard.

This resolves German Offense, starting from M-3 to B1-X and/or P1-X. Choose German fighter, its position, and any modifiers and enter your 1d6 result. The file looks up all effects upto B-17 damages, crew wounds, etc. Currently, hand held extinguisher results are not included. The file does not use macro, so in order to reroll, click on 1d6 result again.

This combines the B-17 board and the Defensive and Offensive Fire tables. Ver 1.0

This spreadsheet will determine your target, produce a mission sheet for printing and record your progress thru 25 missions. The program also includes a random name generator for crew & plans that are a memorial to the 303rd BG(H) Hell's Angels. My Uncle Johnny's Bomb Group.