CLASSIFICATION CANCELLED
WITH DELETIONS
BY AUTHORITY OF DOE/oc*
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HEADQUARTERS
TASK GROUP 7.4, PROVISIONAL
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DATE
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TGOP
23 February 1954
MEMORANDUM FOR:
Chief of Staff, Task Group 7.4, Provisional
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SUBJECT:
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1, PURPOSE: On 20 February 1954;—GeneralEstes;-DoetorSchwarts
and Lt Colonel Crosby attended a positioning meeting for the purpose of
determining the final positions of all aircraft participating in Shot
BRAVO,
2. ATTENDINGCONFERNCE: Representatives of Joint
Task Force SEVEN, Task Group 7.1, Task Group 7.3 and Task Group 7.4.
3.
DISCUSSION:
a.
It was decided that aircraft would be positioned on the
basis of a twenty-megaton yield with the exception of the two (2)
effects aircraft which will be positioned on the basis of a twelvemgaton yield.
be The latest information from Los Alamos Scientific Iabo
indicates that BRAVO will have a maximum po ible. eacld of
y
sp
c. The final positioning for the B-36D aircraft is 50,000
feet horizontal range and for the B-47, 48,000 feet horizontal range.
d. The second IBDA aircraft is in a critical position at
shock arrival, and therefore he will accomplish radar scope photography
until H f 1 minute, at which time he will turn tail aspect to Ground
Zero. HARDTIME THREE, the furthest out of the IBDA aircraft will take
over the scope photography up to H 4 15 minutes, unless he is forced to
abort the last portion of this mission because of cloud growth,
4.
Order
ACTION REQUIRED:
2= 5h
Incorporate the above decisions i’Operations
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JAMES E, CROSBY, JR.
Lt Colonel, USAF
Chief, Technical Projects
2-AbAP SRL
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