Interstate drone/flying bomb info

[davidbray]

Hey guys, I'm trying to find more information about the Interstate flying bombs/drones. I found out a while back that they were made here in Dekalb, IL. Are there any good online resources? Any books?

[The Inspector]

Lots of stuff on line about the TDR and TDR-1, there's one hanging @ Pensacola-I believe a few were put on the civil registration after the war, hope this helps a bit

[Obergrafeter]

A few showed up in Oklahoma after the war, and I believe the one in Pensacola came from there. Had an engineer that built them give us some info (although I beleive he built them in California). Fuselage built by Anhauser-Busch, wings by Wurlitzer, controls by Singer. They were the first U.S. built cruise missle and were TV guided and worked well; used operationally in the Pacific. The Carrier Admirals who had just come into power over the Battleship Admirals put an end to there short but brillant carrer.

[davidbray]

Thanks guys!

The Wurlitzer plant is the one here. They were positioned right across from a brand new airfield with a short runway. In an aerial photo that I found from 1956 you can still see a taxiway (the only one at the time) running up to where there are doors on the old plant.

[davidbray]

Also, I've seen several references now to a "History Detectives" (PBS) episode about the TDR and its history in De Kalb. I think it is supposed to air either next month or in July sometime.

[The Inspector]

I recall that there was also an article in National Geographic Magazine (back when you needed to be nominated to join, and every kid wanted to see the articles on Borneo and Central Africa ) right around the end of the war that had lots of photos of one being crashed into an island using really primative TV, against a Japanese position.
I think there is also movie footage of this attack that's been on TV. I saw the article in High School in the Library in the 60's while dong research on Borneo and Central Africa.