A U.S. Navy Culver TD2C-1 target drone (BuNo 69547) flown by naval aviator Jack V. Robinson in flight, circa in 1945. In 1940, the U.S. Army Air Corps drew up a requirement for a radio-controlled target drone for training anti-aircraft artillery gunners. The first aircraft in a series of target drones was a modification of the Culver LFA <i>Cadet</i> which eventually led to the PQ-14 series used throughout World War II and beyond. 1,198 were transferred to the U.S. Navy, which designated them as TD2C-1 with the decidedly unattractive name <i>Turkey</i>.
U.S. Navy
circa 1945 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P,+1945-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902</div>
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://collections.naval.aviation.museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/AdvQuery.php">U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation</a> photo No. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://collections.naval.aviation.museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/Display.php?irn=51544&amp;QueryPage=%2Femuwebdoncoms%2Fpages%2Fdoncoms%2FAdvQuery.php">2012.075.001</a>