With part of the fin blocked by a Mosquito! This is a version of the NR-D Cadet built in quantity in WW2 for the USAAF as target drones and painted in this distinctive red scheme. Many survivors were sold post-war to private flyers, including this now preserved example which wears its 44-68334 serial on its fin

Inside the hangar at Planes of Fame Air Museum. This airworthy Cadet was delivered as target drone 44-21895 to the USAAF for live gunnery practice. It was radio-controlled, had a retractable landing gear and rudimentary control panel, which allowed it to be flown by a ferry pilot when required. A total of 2,043 were built, of which very few survive. Most were blasted out of the sky by AA gunners.

Built for the USAAF as target drone 44-21895 in 1944. Registered as N15HM in 1952. To the Planes of Fame Air Museum in 1979. Current on the register in 2023.

radio controlled drone. ex USAAF 45-59043 and US Navy 120262.

Stored at various military bases after delivery in 1945 as 44-68334, this Cadet target drone was activated by the Flight Test Division of the Wright Air Development Center in March 1949. Test flying in the TIPTOW Fighter Range Extension Project, the aircraft was retired after more than 231 test couplings when it collided with the C-47 tow plane due to a mechanical failure on February 21, 1950. Now part of the EAA Museum collection, the aircraft is still carrying it's civil registration although it was actually cancelled in 2015.

Delivered to the USAAF as 44-21819 in 1944 for use as a target drone. Registered as N1063M in 1971 Registration cancelled and to the museum in 1972.

Registration cancelled 2012. Photo from: Civil Aviation Historical Society, Melbourne, Australia

Ex USAAF 44-21895. Preserved airworthy.

Built as PQ-14A target drone for USAAF with serial 45-58816. Transferred to US Navy and designated Culver TD2C-1 with BuAer No. 120035. The type could be flown manned or un-manned, as each mission required.

Manufactured in 1944.

Version of the NR-D Cadet built in quantity in WW2 for the USAAF as target drones and painted in this distinctive red scheme. Many survivors were sold post-war to private flyers, including this now preserved example which wears its 44-68334 serial on its fin.

In August 1940 the USAAC joined in the development of radio-controlled target aircraft for training anti-aircraft artillery gunners. These unmanned targets would be controlled by radio signals from the ground or a 'mother' aircraft but would be able to be manually flown for ferry flights or check flights. This example, wearing a typical high-vis WWII scheme, is on display at the National Museum of the USAF.

Built for USAAF in 1944 as a target drone - hence the eye-catching colour scheme. This type is sometimes referred to as the Culver NR-D.