Piece of WWII drone washes up on National Seashore
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WELLFLEET, Mass. (WJW) – A piece of a World War II-era drone plane washed ashore on a Massachusetts beach just last week.
According to a statement shared on the Cape Cod National Seashore Facebook page on Wednesday, a “man-made” object washed up on Marconi Beach. Park Historian Bill Burke examined the object and determined that it was the fuselage of a Remote Control Aerial Target from WWII.
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“It appeared to have been in the ocean for some time, and staff worked together to get it off the beach before it was swept away by the incoming storm,” the Facebook post said.
According to the Cape Cod National Seashore, “RCATs were drone planes used for target practice for anti-aircraft training off Marconi at a former United States military training camp (Camp Wellfleet) during the 1940s and 50s. Aircraft equipped with an RCAT would take off from a now-defunct runway located in the woods of Wellfleet. The RCAT would then be rocket-launched off the aircraft at 0 to 60 mph within the first 30 feet, and then controlled remotely from the bluff.”
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The Army does warn beach guests that, “ Munitions and explosives of concern may remain within the project area.”
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