Radioplane - Frankfurt OQ-3
US Army Aviation Museum
Ft. Rucker, Alabama, USA
November 19, 2014
9,403 OQ-3’s were produced during the Second World War. It was the most widely used target drone in US service at that time. These drones were radio controlled and cost about $600 each (nominal). Norma Jeane Dougherty was an assembler at a plant producing these units when she was spotted by David Conover, a US Army photographer. He thought she could be a model, a screen test was made, and she changed her name to Marilyn Monroe. Radioplane was acquired by Northrop in 1952.
