F-86 Sabre Decoy Aircraft – October 1954
The Sabre decoy - I remember my amazement when I first saw this photo as a child. Imagine my Dad being so strong that he could push the front of the plane in! Dad wrote on the back of this photo: "Decoy (rubber - air filled) F-86 Sabre" at 2 (F) Wing Grostenquin. We did not have sufficient aircraft to be an effective operational unit so decoys were placed all over the aerodrome so the "other side" would think we had more planes that we really had."
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