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Royal Navy - de Havilland DH. 82 Queen Bee K8671
Royal Navy - de Havilland DH.82 Queen Bee K8671 (msn 5204), being recovered by cruiser HMS Newcastle after a live-fire anti-aircraft gunnery practice. The Queen Bee was a radio-controlled target drone using Tiger Moth wings, with the wooden fuselage of the DH.60 Moth to improve buoyancy in the event of an arrival and improve corrosion resistance. Date: circa 1940
Media ID 21130889
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Anti Aircraft Arrival Buoyancy Corrosion Cruiser Drone Fuselage Gunnery Havilland Improve Moth Newcastle Practice Radio Controlled Recovered Resistance Target Tiger Wings
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