RCAT units were small units that provided anti aircraft training, they flew small radio controlled airplanes and anti aircraft people shot them down. The RCAT unit at Camp Wellfleet was very …

Oscar (known by his nickname, Unsinkable Sam, or by the Germanized spelling of his name, Oskar) was a ship's cat who purportedly served during World War II with both the …

2024年4月12日 · RCATs were drone planes used for target practice for anti-aircraft training off Marconi at a former United States military training camp (Camp Wellfleet) during the 1940s …

Camp Wellfleet is a relatively new military installation having been developed by the Army during the Second World War as one of the three AAA training bases in Cape Cod. The other two …

Closed to the public April 5 & 6 for private events. Engine: Model 2-GS-17 Spiral x-4130. The OQ-2A was the first mass produced unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) or drone in the US. It was …

Radioplane's model RP-8 was a significantly improved OQ-3/TDD-2 and was first flown in July 1944. It was of heavier construction and had a more powerful O-45-1 engine, rated at 16 kW …

2024年4月11日 · Seashore historian Bill Burke identified the fuselage as a piece of a Remote Control Aerial Target (RCAT), a drone plane that was used for anti-aircraft artillery training at …

2024年4月10日 · They were used in the 1940s and 50s at Camp Wellfleet, a former anti-aircraft training base that had an artillery firing line on the beach cliff. "Aircraft equipped with an RCAT …

2014年7月8日 · In the 1950s, the Army National Guard Anti-Aircraft Artillery Unit used RCAT target drones by Aerolab to practice their gunnery. A smaller Aerolab drone, similar to the …

We were given a new job; to set up a school to train RCAT units. We trained 26 National Guard units and 12 Air Force units. The school became permanent. At the same time we flew the OQ …