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Marilyn Monroe Assembled World War II Target Drones

Posted on July 30, 2013 by The Editor

Fresh photos of Marilyn Monroe have emerged showing the Hollywood pin-up ‘building’ drones for the US Army during World War II. At the time the photos were shot, in 1944 Monroe hadn’t yet taken up the famous stage name, nor had she dyed her curly locks blonde.

She was simply known as Norma Jeane Dougherty and worked at a factory in Van Nuys, California. These photographs are by David Conover, the Army photographer, historically credited with “discovering” Monroe.

There’s, however,  one detail in these pictures that rarely seems to find much mention. Marilyn Monroe is actually a very early version of an unmanned aerial vehicle.

Though her main job at the factory was spraying down planes with fire retardant, in the photos she’s seen assembling the OQ-2 radioplane, (also called the RP-5A, TDD-l or the “Dennymite” after its designer Reginald Denny).

Photo: David Conover/US Army