Aircraft wood

It seems that spruce and ash were used in WW I planes, but what other wood was common? Did different countries tend to use different types of wood? Were some aircraft types more likely to use one wood more than others? Were wings usually of different material than fuselages?
Thanks

Not sure of all the wood types used, but it bears mentioning that the spruce and ash used was not just ordinary spruce and ash. The woods had to be extremely fine quality and properly aged to be of use. Stores of aged woods began to be used up quickly once war production got well under way; and mechanical aging processes were not good enough at the time as I understand it. My memory says the wood had to be aged several (5?) years, so you can imagine the concern as you got down to a couple of year's supply! The Allies had supplies of fine sitka spruce from the U.S.; the blockade of the Germans really hurt their war production. Although I don't think Fokker developed steel tube fuselage construction because of it, I'd bet its use appealed to the Germans when selecting aircraft for mass production late in the war. I wonder if the development of plywood fuselages such as the Roland, Pfalz and Albatros enabled them to use more readily available woods, since the laminated ply construction provided much extra strength? Anybody know?

The Dva used white pine for all the stringers and longerons save for the forward U/C area which was ash. The Finnish Birch ply skins were the same material as that used today, timbers such as Linden (basswood), poplar and ash found uses in the airframe. Mr Fokker didnt appear too fazed in using green timber at times as attested to by the DVIII, DVII wing problems encountered at times.

chris

[mike_baram]

Chris's comments reminds me of a similar situation regarding the Spanish Armada. In February of 1588, Sir Francis Drake sank a galleon transporting barrel staves to Spain. The loss of the staves forced the Spanish government to use uncured wood for staves in order to supply the Armada. The barrels allowed moisture to seep in during the voyage from Portugal to England in May and June of that year, and by the time the Armada reached England in July, much of the food and gunpowder stored in those barrels was spoiled.
It's fascinating how a seemingly distand and unrelated event can affect the course of history. Because of the sinking of a ship, an entire fleet was doomed five months later.

[Barrett]

Dang, I love the forum. Thanks, Mike.