How many people can fit in a World War 2 plane?

Answer 1

As few as one and as many as one hundred. WWII Aircraft were a lot smaller than modern passenger airliners. Aircraft like the C-47 Skytrain, (DC3) only seated 90 passengers. Even huge aircraft like the Hindenburg only had cabins for 50 passengers and a crew complement of 40.

There were a few exceptionally large aircraft during this period but they were cargo aircraft, not passenger liners. It wasn't until after the second world war and into the 50's when the need to transport people came to the fore.

There were also a number of experiments with ground effect vehicles (primarily by the Russians) shortly after the second world war which could have carried a couple of hundred passengers but these never made it off the drawing board or past the experimental phase.

Civilian aircraft of the war period simply didn't have powerful enough engines to carry large amounts of people or cargo. Those that did were homogeneously large.

Answer 2

Depends on the airplane. Private jets often carry between 5 and 15 passengers.

Answer 3

Usually one or two.

Answer 4

45

Answer 5

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