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After just watching a tv show about "flying boats" in WWII and seeing how big their fuselage's where.

What if instead of building C-46/47 and Avro York transports for the USAAF and RAF, both Boeing and Short's built land based versions (wheeled instead of boat hull) of their "Clipper" and "Sunderland" Flying Boats?

Would they be able to out perform C-46/47 transports in regards to cargo and troop carrying capacity?

Would they be any better at "Market Garden", as due to the limited capacity and number of transports, some parachute drops had to happen over a couple of days or so, thus leaving the Germans to either over run the drop zones or stiffle the paratroopers who landed.

Regards filers
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