The Fieseler Fi 157 was an unsuccessful attempt at developing a radio-controlled, full-sized anti-aircraft target.
Design and development
In 1937, the
Reichsluftfahrtministerium (RLM) contracted Fieseler to produce a radio controlled anti-aircraft target drone. The resulting Fi 157 was a low-wing monoplane of entirely wooden construction and was carried beneath a bomber before being released. All three prototypes crashed during testing; a single example of a manned version, designated
Fi 158, was built to investigate remote guidance.[1][2]
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Further reading
Green, William (1970). Warplanes of the Third Reich. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday.
ISBN0385057822.
L, Antony L..; Creek, Antony L. Kay; with drawings by E.J. (1972). German aircraft of the Second World War. London: Putnam & Company Limited.
ISBN0370000242.
Wood, Tony; Gunston, Bill (1997). Hitler's Luftwaffe. London: Salamander Books.
ISBN051718771X.