Originally Posted by
tdracer
The Jan/Feb 2022 issue of Popular Mechanics has a really fascinating article on the flight worthy restoration of a WWII vintage Mosquito.
It's also available on-line but is behind a paywall (which I can't seem to get past even though I subscribe to the dead tree version)
How I Restored a Legendary Wooden WWII Fighter Plane (popularmechanics.com)
I was particularly interested in the construction of the fuselage - 1/2" thick balsa sandwiched between two layers of 1/16 spruce plywood. Made me wonder how they sourced all that balsa during the war.
From Ecuador mostly, plus most of the other wood used came from the Americas as well (Yellow Birch, Spruce and Douglas Fir). The only UK sourced wood used was Ash and Silver Birch for some parts of the aircraft.