U.S. NAVY WWII TDR-1 DRONE OPERATIONAL TESTS IN SOUTH PACIFIC 30772

This historic silent film shows operational tests of the Interstate TDR-1 Torpedo Drone in the Pacific in 1944. The Interstate TDR was an early unmanned combat aerial vehicle — referred to at the time as an “assault drone“ — developed by the Interstate Aircraft and Engineering Corporation during the Second World War for use by the United States Navy. Capable of being armed with bombs or torpedoes, 2000 aircraft were ordered, but only around 200 were built. The type saw some service in the Pacific Theater a