[WWI] Plywood

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Brits, mostly spruce, both as ply and as larger spars, (from Canada, some US Washington/Oregon) although presumably 'local' ash and yew were also mentioned.  The ply used on the late Nieuports was "tulip wood" (per the Datafile) 
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From: "Helen and Chris" <2kermavio at orange.fr> 
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Linden, as in "Unter Der Linden", is also basswood! 



Merrill, 



thank you very much for your contribution.  I think "basswood" must be a common name for the limes - or lindens - on your side of the water. I've certainly never heard it before and the two horticultural "bibles" (Hilliers and the RHS directory) only attribute it as a common name to Tilia americana. 



There are some 45 members of the Tiliaceae (Linden and Lime) family and, as Aidrian so eloquently pointed out by comparing just two members, they all have varying qualities. 



The lime in Berlin you refer to above is Tilia x europaea "Pallida".   Common name "Kaiser Linden"! 



To bring this back a bit more OT, did the Brits, French etc. make much use of plywood?  If so, was that predominately birch as well? 



Chris.
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