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Old 19th November 2006, 11:24
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Re: Woodworking, French, Soviet, and British.

Yes, the Soviets did have problems with increasing their production of aluminium: they had no major source of bauxite. It was only the receipt of large stocks from the USA that permitted them to introduce metal spars on the fighters, and later full metal structures.
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