Dave: The B-26A is flyable and the guy who owns it, Kermit Weeks, could buy the entire Confederate Air Force, the Valient Air Command and the Mid Atlantic Air Museum for lunch. He also owns the only flyable Mosquito left in the world. He has a nice B-24J and a B-17 as well and a Sunderland.

A friend of mine was supposed to be a B-32 gunner. He was told that for the invasion of Japan they were planning to arm them with extra guns and go in at low altitude to serve as what today we would call Gunships, for CAS.

The P-47N had the range, but they built few and they flew their intended mission only once, escorting B-29′s from Saipan to Japan. And it could hit 470 MPH. Would have been great for Korea.