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The Fairey Battle was a thoroughly outmoded aircraft by the time World War 2 broke.
out. Those that came to Australia fulfilled second line roles on;y Battle L5704 served
with No.1 Operational Training Unit and No.1 Bombing and Gunnery School as a target
tug. It suffered a belly landing in 1942 and was probably written off.
When it became too expensive to expend Jindiviks as training targets a number were
fitted with the HUTTS (Hayes Universal Target Towing System) target which was fitted
with an infra red heat source. Thus the target drone became a target tug. The museum
possess an example of the HUTTS.