When I was a kid, I had a thing for historical aircraft. I especially loved the smooth lines of the B-17 Flying Fortress bomber. And it played a big role in ending World War II, as shown in Masters of the Air on Apple TV+, the last of three parts in Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman’s WWII filmmaking trilogy. Despite massive challenges, the plane and its crews’ strategic bombing helped bring down Adolph Hilter and the Nazi regime, shortening a horrific ground war. And yet as good as the series is, sometimes it lands just short of the...