Originally Posted by
MightyGem
Why? Surely a Flight Engineer is not required to be a pilot. He's not flying the aircraft.
If he was filling a required crewmember position as an FE, he would be required to hold an FE certificate. No need for him to hold any pilot cert.
I have since heard that an FE isn't required on US civil-registered B-17s. Can't vouch for the accuracy of that, however.