Which obsolescent aircraft capable of towing a drogue at 250mph did the RAF have handy in large numbers.
I don't think they were towing drogues at 250 mph.
Aircraft from the Miles Master to the Henley to the Lysander, Battle and Defiant (and probably some others) were used.
Despite the seeming availability of many such aircraft there was a chronic shortage of tugs which endued well into 1942.
Cheers
Steve