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Short Sturgeon1946 |  |
| TORPEDO-BOMBER, NAVAL TARGET TUG | Virtual Aircraft Museum / United Kingdom / Short |
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Originally designed as a twin-engined naval reconnaissance bomber for operation from the Ark Royal and Hermes-class aircraft carriers. With the end of the war, the need for such an aircraft receded and so a new specification was drawn up to convert the Sturgeon into a high-performance carrier-based target tug, suitable for towing targets for ground-to-air firing practice, photographic marking of ground-to-air firing, target towing for air-to-air practice by night and day, 'throw-off' target practice and radar calibration. The FAA received a small number during the early 1950s. External links
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