Wisconsin's Flying Trees in World War II
A Victory for American Forest Products and Allied Aviation
Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Nature, Environment, Natural Resources, Reference & Language, Transportation, Aviation, History, Military, World War II
| Author: | Sara Witter Connor | ISBN: | 9781625849106 |
| Publisher: | Arcadia Publishing Inc. | Publication: | February 18, 2014 |
| Imprint: | The History Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Sara Witter Connor |
| ISBN: | 9781625849106 |
| Publisher: | Arcadia Publishing Inc. |
| Publication: | February 18, 2014 |
| Imprint: | The History Press |
| Language: | English |
Wisconsin's trees heard "Timber " during World War II, as the forest products industry of the Badger State played a key role in the Allied aerial campaign. It was Wisconsin that provided the material for the De Havilland Mosquito, known as the "Timber Terror," while the CG-4A battle-ready gliders, cloaked in stealthy silence, carried the 82nd and 101st Airborne into fierce fighting throughout Europe and the Pacific. Sara Witter Connor follows a forgotten thread of the American war effort, celebrating the factory workers, lumberjacks, pilots and innovative thinkers of the U.S. Forest Products Laboratory who helped win a world war with paper, wood and glue.
Wisconsin's trees heard "Timber " during World War II, as the forest products industry of the Badger State played a key role in the Allied aerial campaign. It was Wisconsin that provided the material for the De Havilland Mosquito, known as the "Timber Terror," while the CG-4A battle-ready gliders, cloaked in stealthy silence, carried the 82nd and 101st Airborne into fierce fighting throughout Europe and the Pacific. Sara Witter Connor follows a forgotten thread of the American war effort, celebrating the factory workers, lumberjacks, pilots and innovative thinkers of the U.S. Forest Products Laboratory who helped win a world war with paper, wood and glue.
