Old Mechanic -- The Mosquito had a geodetic internal framing, the WWI Albatross had orthogonal framing. There was another Albatross that
did use geodetic framing, the
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Havilland_Albatross DH91.
I can't source a picture of the Mosquito framing, but the Wellington used it in aluminum, like this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vickers_Wellington
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The Wellington used geodesic construction, devised by Barnes Wallis inspired by his work on airships, and previously used to build the single-engined Wellesley light bomber.
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The diagonal framing is aluminum, the lengthwise stringers are wood. This was years before the geodesic dome was a twinkle in Bucky Fuller's eye.