dispatched to warn the HARTISIERE, but before the plane could ‘contact: the ship it developed engine trouble about 1630 and had to procoed to Eniwetok on one engine. been completed. This occurred after the evacuation of the air strip had A crash crew was relanded at Eniwetok airstrip by helicopter from the R&NDOVA and the sailing of the carrier was delayed until the troubled aircraft could belanded and its crew and the crash crew personnel re-evacuated from the airfield. The plane made a safe landing at 2021. The crew of 3 officers and 7 men were evacuated to the HANDOVA by the helicopter | wheres they unexpectedly ronained during the shot phasc, Thesecond ‘evacuation of the Eniwetok “ir Strip was completed at 2132, _ At H rinus 1 on Ki Day, air search ratrols were discontinued and all planes on patrol except one were ordered back to base at Kvajalein. The excepted plane was direeted to rake contact with the British ship MARTISLERE (sighted the previous day as mentioned above), in the significant sector > to warn it out of the danger arca. The ship was contacted prior to H llour and properly warned. The plane then roturnod to base. Three planes of the patrol plane unit were in the air at H Hour to assist in two scientific projects. After their missions were completed they returned to base at Kwajalein, No.furthor flirhts were rade util the RadSafe. situation was analysed and: found safs, At 1200 on Ls plus 1 airsearch security patrols were. resumed on a one plane patrol basis, the equadron basing at Kwajalein, On XM plus 3 at 0800, tho Eniwetok airstrip having become available, the security patrols resumed operations, staging at Eniwetok, The normal security 112 BEST AVAILABLE copy