Keywords: Culver TD2C-1 drone in flight c1945.jpg 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 Cadet 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 Turkey http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/AdvQuery php U S Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/Display php irn 51544 QueryPage 2Femuwebdoncoms 2Fpages 2Fdoncoms 2FAdvQuery php 2012 075 001 ca 1945 U S Navy PD-USGov-Military-Navy Culver PQ-14/TD2C |