"Crewless Ghost Ships of the Interwar Navy" Topic

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Editor in Chief Bill	02 Apr 2024 9:02 p.m. PST
Despite lacking a sailor at the helm, these revolutionary radio-controlled auxiliaries helped the U.S. Navy perfect the aerial doctrine it would adopt in World War II. USNI: link
JimDuncanUK	03 Apr 2024 3:19 a.m. PST
The Germans were at it in WW1. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FL-boat and the Royal Navy too. link
Eclectic Wave	03 Apr 2024 8:26 a.m. PST
Army Air core had radio controlled bombers as drones in WWII. link JFK's older brother Joseph P Kennedy Jr was killed when when the drone plane he was piloting prematurely detonated before he and his copilot could bail out. JPK was the Kennedy expected to go into politics, JFK had other plans, and changed his plans after his brother death.

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