Brian Johnson wrote:

The fact of the matter is, as I have confirmed from conversations with lots
of WWII veterans, when the guys were released from the service the last
thing most of them ever wanted to do was sit in another cockpit.

Ain't that the truth. This was a blow to some of the aircraft
manufacturers like North American who thought that all these
pilots would start snapping up personal GA aircraft like they
were buying post-war cars. Didn't materialize.