OQ-15

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OQ-15
RoleTarget drone
National originUnited States
First flight1945
Primary user USAAF
Number built5

The OQ-15 was a prototype American subscale drone built for the US Army Air Forces in the mid-1940s.

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In early 1945, the OQ-15 was built and tested by the USAAF, but only five were built. It was built to meet the same USAAF drone requirement as the Radioplane OQ-17.

Specification

Data from [1]

General characteristics

Performance

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References

  1. "OQ-15".