Interstate TDR-1 Delivery on the USS Marcus Island (CVE-77)

Photos of the TDR-1 drones accompany the Wikipedia article so you can get an idea what they looked like.  I found the most interesting one of the escort carrier USS Marcus Island (CVE) with a deck load of the TDR-1s and possibly some TBMs for drone control.

The caption reads:  The U.S. Navy Escort Carrier Marcus Island (CVE-77) in a South Pacific port 17 June 1944.  The airplanes parked on her flight deck from amidships to her stern appear to be  Interstate TDR-1 assault drones.

She is probably delivering elements of Special Task Force Group One (STAG-1), which employed TDR-1s in Solomons area operations during September and October  1944.

Other planes aboard appear to be TBMs (which might have actually been Grumman TDF Avengers which were the originally designated control planes), which were used for drone control.The ship is painted in Camouflage Measure 32,  Design 15A.

That Was One Packed Deck.  --GreGen