axelford
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I have visited 13 Plane wreck sites and counting, happy to help with info!
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Post by axelford on Jul 28, 2022 9:44:47 GMT 12
Had no idea what category to put this under...been following Mark Felton's YouTube channel for a while and he makes really great, unbiased and well researched videos that cover all sorts of obscure bits of history. In this case it is the usage of TDR-1 Drones during WW2, they were ahead of their time but phased about before the wars end due to short sighted management.
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axelford
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I have visited 13 Plane wreck sites and counting, happy to help with info!
Posts: 121
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Post by axelford on Jul 28, 2022 10:08:34 GMT 12
www.smithsonianmag.com/air-space-magazine/drone-strike-180964753/Also here's this article with a picture of one undergoing maintenance, note the TV Camera. Fortunately one survives complete at the Smithsonian and there is a collection of parts at Dekalb Airport in the hope of rebuilding another albeit one that features a cockpit like many which were converted afterwards for private use. Just thought it's an interesting chapter in history and a plane that looks ahead of it's time.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jul 28, 2022 10:27:30 GMT 12
Absolutely fascinating. Mark Felton makes excellent documentaries.
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Post by Mustang51 on Jul 28, 2022 19:00:32 GMT 12
Never seen any footage of them actually in use.....bloody marvellous ! Again, something else that I have learned from this Forum : )
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