Now I'll have to go through all my books to check it was Bill Gunston!!
It has always puzzled me that the lend-lease C-54s which the RAF had (about a dozen) were returned after WWII when BOAC sorely needed transoceanic types....they had to make do with Lancastrians. KLM's Plesman persuaded President Truman to loan KLM ex military C-54s which enabled them to restart their longhaul services
Edit....I've just noticed our addresses...ha-ha!