Number of flights
34 (17 round trips)
Total cargo
32,128 Ib
Total passengers
422 (246 TG 7.1 personnel)
*Last minute urgent requirements created numerous difficulties in co-
ordination.
In addition the actual handling of all airlift requirements woula
have been much improved if TG 7.4 had an Operations Section to receive
and coordinate aJt airlift requirements, J-4 Section of JTF 7 attempted to
fill this requirement on D--1 and shot days for Bikini Atoll shots. Unfortunately, this tended to increase the confusion by interposing an additional
agency on a temporary basis, and on some occasions resu:ited in unwarranted
delays in the emergency movement of key personnel between atolls. The
system never proved able to provide this group with the timely and rapid
transportation required,
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when requested, and could not be counted on.
In addition, the lack of any
*Although most requirements for in’ 2ratoll airlift were satisfied, it was
concluded that during the period of peak activity one or more additional aircraft would have materially increased the effictency, safety, and general support capability. Of the four C-47 aircraft on hand, TG 7.4 was reluctant to
guarantee the availability of more than two on any given day. The three
C-54 aircraft assigned to Test Services Unit were not consistently available
central operations section in TG 7.4, in combination with what appeared to
be a lack of coordination between Bese Operations and TSU Operations,
caused a certzin amount of confusion and inefficiency when these aircraft
were uged for interatoll airlift. Because of the extremely willing attitude
of most of the personnel provid'tag the support required, the effects of these
deficiencies were minimized.
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7.5
Moter Vehicle Transportation
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Motor vehicle requirements for TG 7.1 were developed after analysis
of the final status reports from the various projects. Two main motor
pools were operated, one on Parry Island and one on Enyu Island. The
vehicle density of these motor pools was also based on the project final reports. Although the reports provided a fairly sound basic figure for establishing vehicle strength, in many instances the informution was not adequate,
*It became evident during the first month of operation that the notion of
providing only one vehicle for a project working alternately on both atolls
*In order to emphasize operational conclusions and recommendations, sections or paragraphs where they appear have been marked with an asterisk,
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