I’m a huge WWII Aircraft fan. As a high school kid I idolized the B17. But truth be told, their big claim to fame was they could take a beating and they were making 16 PER DAY at the end of the war. We were literally producing them faster than they could shoot them down.
But their bomb load was paultry.
I caught a ride inot one when it came to Columbia a while back.
Fun but tiring ride. 30 minutes was enough. 6 foot 3 inch me had a time crawling around in it with a camera.