“There were lots of military strips laid down during WWII in this part of the world. None of which could take a plane that weighs as much as a 777.”
Just out of curiosity, what facts do you have to support your statement? Or, was it a GEICO commercial, “everybody knows that” kinda thing :)
I can’t prove a negative, but how many aircraft of WWII weighed 200,000#. None of them did. The B-29 maxed at 155000, but they were flown out of the Marianas, a B-24 72,000. Most of the airstrips were originally rebuilt by the Japs as they took over these areas. After the Allies came back, these bases were returned to duty for USAAF. The US wasn’t staying in one place. A 777 weighs over 300,000 empty. So, the Americans couldn’t even conceive during the war years, of a plane over twice as big as a B-29. I doubt there was an airfield in the US at the time that could have handle something of that weight.