Target Glider

I found additional info on the target drone gliders built for the Royal Air Force and Royal Navy in the 1940s and 1950s at these links:

https://www.haddenhamairfieldhistory.co.uk/targets.htm

https://www.facebook.com/RAFLECONFIELD/posts/testing-times-at-leconfiel…

Thank you!I had not thought of that incident on the beach,I would have been about 8/9 years old(say 1951)and obviously it had crashed into the nearby rocks as it was pretty crumpled!From the local beaches south of Amble you could hear the gunfire offshore as the fighters practiced!

Seems highly unlikely. Some Lincolns were at one time converted to airborne refueling tankers so I suggest you may have seen one with the hose extended with stabilizing wings on the end.

I’m sure that I saw one near RNAS Culdrose in about 1955 towed by a Lincoln. It was the first time I had seen either type and I didn’t know the Lincoln could be used as a tug.

Yes, we used them at FWS Leconfield back in the ’50s. 25′ wingspan, not 30. Made of thin metal. Here’s a photo from my files. Landing them was interesting.;-)

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