No correct answers thus far, but you (third person plural) have earned three bonus clues. Thanks; Ernie P.
What warbird do I describe?
1. This aircraft, unlike my last offering, was a success.
2. In fact, it was very successful.
3. It was produced in the thousands.
4. And flown by many nations.
5. With a number of different engines.
6. Both during the war in which it came to prominence and afterwards.
7. It was supposedly the first the first mass produced aircraft to utilize a new construction technique.