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From: ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Nur Iskandar Taib)
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Subject: Re: The Dam Busters (was Re: Strategic targets in Iraq)
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From: ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Nur Iskandar Taib)
<>> [617 Squadron] also used Grand Slams and Tallboys on the Tirpitz in
<>> Norway, along with a small spherical version of the bouncing bomb
<>> which was dropped from a Mosquito (small 2 engine rec/bomber famous
<>> for its Balsawood construction).
<>
<>Surely not *balsa*?!!

<>Wasn't it made from plywood?  One of the first applications of epoxy
<>in aircraft construction?

Hmmm.. why not balsa? Used properly, it would be 
strong enough... I did think the Mossie was mostly
sitka spruce, like most wooden airplanes. Most like-
ly in plywood form...

I was under the impression that Balsa was in short 
supply during the war... although most was probably
used in tankers.

Iskandar


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