This crazy incident involved an F6F target drone which went haywire
back in 1956. After taking off from Pt. Mugu on the California coast
the Hellcat's radio control manfunctioned and it headed inland. F-89s
fired a couple hundred 2.75 inch rockets at it with no effect. On
the drone, that is. They did "shoot down" a station wagon in Palmdale
and inflict some other friendly fire damage on the ground. Nobody was
hurt.

The drone eventually crashed harmlessly after running out of fuel.

http://www.avpress.com/n/susty1.hts

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Paul Hirose
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