ACW, I see from the net that you are correct and that they switched to formaldehyde in the tropics.
You are right that the wet didn't do them a lot of good. The Hornet was also wooden construction but metal clad.
Mind you the tropics didn't do a lot of things much good. A Victor was grounded and sealed with bodge tape before they decided after a few months to fix it and recover it. When they opened one hatch the organ loft was full of fungii.
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