periods. Prelhninary thinkiw resulted ~ tenttit ivelY assigning three (3) B-29~s for weather reco~issmce -equate purposes which was held to be wholly weather reconnaissmce Wae laid before the Chief Air Weather Service who immediatelys~gested the support of the 514th Weather Reconnaissance squadron locded at ~q This squadron is used mainw for typhoon reconnaissance. wwever, for the period of the SANDSTONE operatian, the occurrenceof typhoons is at its lowest frequency for the k ad it w- area believed that no serious typhoon warning difficultieswould be encounteredby assigning the bulk of the squadron to KwaJalein to the support of SANDSTON3L Thus eight (8) aircrtit were placed under the operational control of the Air Task Group Commander 7.4 with Major IhuMer commanding the ‘&sk Unit (weathersair reconnaiss=ce). The Staff Weather Officer to the Air Wsk Group Oommander, T(J7.4, Major Gazzaniga was charged with the responsibilityof the mobile weather stations at Wake, Rengerik, Eniuetok, and Majuro, as well as technical control over the weather air reconnaissancennlt~