Originally Posted by
Airbubba
But as a required crewmember the FE would have a license, right?
The B-17 didn't require a flight engineer but its civilian derivative the 307 Stratoliner did I believe.
Both the B-17 & B-24 HAD a flight engineer. Maybe they didn't REQUIRE an FE, but the Army Air Corps sure put one on as a required crewmember.