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Originally posted by copterdrvr:
I'm pretty sure that the fuse of the Albatross series was sheeted with what would now be known as plywood.

I'm not sure if this was where the concept and first application of plywood was developed and put to practical use.

Copterdrvr
Section view taken from the Smithsonian book on their restoration of an Albatros D.Va.



and the plan views of the frames



I would recommend getting this book. Loads of info on the restoration and the D.Va.

The a/c, http://www.nasm.si.edu/research/aero/aircraft/albatros.htm

There was only 16 squadrons of RAF fighters that used 100 octane during the BoB.
The Fw190A could not fly with the outer cannon removed.
There was no Fw190A-8s flying with the JGs in 1945.