re: #148 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

those planes did as much to win WW2 as any bomber or fighter plane

A lot cheaper too. I’ve studied aircraft costs pretty extensively. Considering just the 4 engine bombers, the 20,000 B-24s, 12,500 B-17s, 4000 B-29s, and 115 B-32s cost an aggregate total of about 15 billion 1940s dollars. The 10,500 C-47s cost about 2.3 billion. This is not to mention the decades of post-war military and civilian service they have provided, service which continues right up to the present day. (all figures approximate but I’ll bet they’re pretty close).