Drone possible Ryan Model 147 Firebee

Drones have consistantly flown in and around southern Arizona for decades. There are target drones as well as reconnisance drone. Drones are also launched, and even recovered, in a variety of ways. Some drones are fried from a ground launch system. Others are launched form aircraft. Some drones were recovered inflight by a helicopter. So what's the history of this drone? Not sure. I was unable to locating a serial number for the drone. Besides, even if I did, the military didn't track drone serial numbers like aircraft serial numbers.

Thanks to Rod R for going into the site with me.

Landing gear and possible firewall. Photo from my personal collection.

Landing gear from a recent trip to revisit the crash site.

Might have been a battery box. I don’t think it was an ammo can.

Door Lock mechanism? It was hard to read.

Original crash site photo from my personal collection.

Portion of the wing. (P-38.com was my old website.)

Scattered debris at B-18 crash site.

Agassiz Peak