During WWII, the B-24 Liberator was by far the most-produced Allied aircraft. It flew faster and farther than the B-17 with twice the payload, but there doesn't seem to be much written about it compared to many planes which had far less impact on the war. Why is this?
What seemingly-innocent facts about WWII that are well-known in current retellings of the war were unknown to the general (Allied) public during the war?