Page 8 - Marks Test - Old Insight
P. 8

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.
   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10   11   12   13