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 does n'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 -LRB- Allied -RRB- public during the war ?