The proposed explosive drone would fly alongside a Swordfish rather than operate independently. Its crew would guide the drone into the target before making the Swordfish's own attack. That sequence could give each attacking aircraft two successive opportunities to deliver a weapon. The attraction is the relationship between a crewed aircraft and its remotely controlled companion. The discussion compares the idea with German late-war explosive parasite aircraft without claiming that this British arrangement entered service.
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A Swordfish guides an explosive drone before its own attack
A proposed Queen Bee derivative gives a Swordfish crew an initial remotely controlled attack before delivering its own weapon.