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Why were early USSR aircraft made of wood during WW2?

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For the same reason that almost every country had wood and fabric planes at the beginning of the war. Planes were new, and all-metal monoplanes were really new. read more

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All benefits explained by the other posters notwithstanding, the main reason wood was used to build early WW2 aircraft was the severe shortage of aluminium in the Soviet Union. On the one hand the need for raw materials to make weapons had increased. read more

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Soviet Aircraft in World War 2
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WW2 Planes: A History of World War 2 Aircraft
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