Wisconsin's flying trees in World War II
Subtitle: a victory for American forest products and Allied aviation
By: Sara Witter Connor
Publisher: The History Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Charleston, South Carolina
Language: eng
Number of pages: 287
ISBN-13: 9781626193505
Subjects: Military Airplanes; Parts; History; Design and construction; World War, 1939-1945; Equipment and supplies; Allied Aerial operations; Forest products industry; Aircraft supplies industry; HISTORY / Military / World War II; TRANSPORTATION / Aviation / History; NATURE / Natural Resources
Other titles: Wisconsin's flying trees in World War 2; Wisconsin's flying trees in World War Two
Description: "Explore the history of the forest products industries in Wisconsin and Michigan's Upper Peninsula, and the important role those industries played in the creation and development of WWII aircraft"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-273) and index.
Table of contents: title: War!; title: The Wisconsin Homefront; title: Ships; title: Wisconsin "Wood Flies to War"; title: "Wisconsin's Flying Trees" : The British Connection; title: The Spruce Goose, or Was it Wisconsin Yellow Birch?; title: "Teaching Wood to Fight" : U.S. Forest Products Laboratory, Madison; title: The German Connection : A Sticky Situation; title: Trade Associations; title: War Contracts and the Wisconsin Lumber Industry; title: Tires, Equipment and Lumber Shortages; title: Conclusion; title: Appendix I: Connor Lumber and Land Company : World War II Servicemen, Laona, Wisconsin; title: Appendix II: Consoweld Corporation Employees; title: Appendix III: C.M. Christensen Employees and Those Who Served during World War II.