Refueling under cover of darkness, a massive formation of U.S. Air Force, Royal Air Force, and Australian Air Force aircraft prepared for combat. Soon, cockpit displays in each aircraft began to light ...

The de Havilland Mosquito was the “Wooden Wonder”—outrageously fast, and formidable. But it wasn’t the only aircraft fashioned from timber. In an age when aluminium promised the future, war forced ...