Mosquito

de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito

A flying wonder of World War Two,
flew through the sky, made of what? who knew?
This fast bomber, night fighter thing,
was unusual when it first took wing.
1942 was a bad year for the Brits,
running out of material, no planes, call it quits,
when someone had such a great idea that was good,
create the Mosquito, you see, it's made from wood.

All true, the plane turned out to be a real help in the British effort during World War Two.  They ran out, for a while, of enough metals to build a plane, and turned to using wood.  This plane was a huge success because it was very, very fast.  Even "special warfare" raids on Germany used the Mosquito.

NOTE:  This is not the start of a new series, just todays' entry because I'm working on something else.