air for each shot time reconnaissance,
The frequent delays and post-
ponenent of ehots and the short notice on which they were so often
fired made ecarches on miais twe day fmprectioal; the tesk force
sometines reaained in einug two day etotus eontinuslly for days while
avaiting a break in the weather.
Conesquently the five plane in-
tensified searches were rede on aimus one day only, ant efter a shot
{f required.
‘%twen then aircraft commenced many searchee that were
called off after late shot pestpenenents,
To reduce unnecessary flight
to the greatest possible extent reconnaissance takeoffe vers deferred
until ebdout 1330 on minus one day,
Xo further eontenination of
itinerant vessels near the Sager eren cocurred during CASTLE,
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As
® precautionary measure CT} 7.5 was authorised to senune operational
control of naval vessels paseing through the fallcut area to divert
them if necessary defore or after a shet,
1h,
Along with the fnerense in reconnaissenge flights BRAVO
effects Wrought additional enpleyaent to the patyel equadrean fa the
form of three radiological survey flights over the atoll area te the
oagtward on BRAVO plus one day and a siailaer flight through the Gilbert
Telands on BRAVO rlus five daye.
These Siights, condined with a ehot
Gay signifiannt sector search employing two alroraft, a flight in
support of Project 2.5m ca shot day plue two and the task of furaishing
serial escort fer a device movement from Eniwetok to Bikini on BRAY
plus two days required that CT 7.3 retain control of more than the
six alroraft originally intended fer fulltime GASTLE emmloyment,