<p>Unmanned target drone known in US Navy service as the MQM-36. The general design was created by Radioplane in the late 1940’s as the OQ-19 Quail. Radioplane was later taken over by Northrop and two later versions, the MQM-36 Shelduck and MQM-57 Falconer saw extensive service with over 73,000 of all variants being produced.
This example is on display in the ‘AirSpace’ hangar at the Imperial War Museum, Duxford Airfield, Cambridgeshire, UK.
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26th January 2018
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/people/65001151@N03">Alan Wilson</a> from Stilton, Peterborough, Cambs, UK
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<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/ajw1970/39520049754/">Northrop Shelduck D.1 ‘XT581’</a>