Interesting stories picked up over the years. One of them being that a B-17 was such a great design, and was so well balanced that it practically flew itself. Whereas, the B-24 would not fly itself. The pilot needed to keep control of it and actually FLY it during the entire mission.
That’s exactly what my Dad said: The B-24 was a better airplane, and a better bomber; but the B-17 was easier to fly.