By Luke Lanchester

Nearly half a million aeroplanes were lost during World War II. To put that into perspective, it’s estimated that there are only 25,000 planes in service worldwide today. With the young bomber crews averaging a less than 30% success rate, anything that could be done to reduce losses was of paramount importance.

Now imagine you’re a general looking to improve your odds in the war. Each day planes come limping home, their fuselages riddled with bullet holes and you have to decide how to allocate your limited supply of metal in order to repair them. So the question is, where do Read full story ›

Source: The Drum