DE HAVILLAND DH.82B QUEEN
BEE - This version
of the DH.82 Tiger Moth was designed to Specification 18/33 for a radio-controlled
target aircraft, for anti-aircraft gunnery practice. Used DH.60-type wooden
fuselage in place of D.K.82 metal-and-fabric type, with 130 hp Gipsy Major
I engine, larg-er fuel tank in centre section and radio con-trol gear
in rear cockpit. Alternative wheel or float undercarriage; normally launched
from ship catapult as a seaplane for use at coastal ranges, landing on
the sea afterwards for recovery. Prototype first flown (manually) on January
5, 1935; 320 built by DH at Hatfield to Specification 20/35, deliveries
starting in 1935, and 60 by Scottish Aviation at Glasgow in 1943-44. Operated
by Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit Flights in UK and overseas.
