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radioactive samples were manifested by the J-4 Section, listing project, box
number, weight, radiation level, monitor’s name, and destination airport.
Two copies ofs¢his manifest accompanied the Flyaway and were also used
as a receipt for samples at each en-route stop.
One completed copy was
returned to TG 7.1, J-4 Section, for file and the other retained by the
Sample Return Project Officer as his final receipt. The J-4 Section of
TG 7.1 dispatched a message to each laboratory having samples aboard,
giving estimated time of arrival of the aircraft, so that the representative
could meet the aircraft and assume custody of the samples.
The particulate cloud samples were normally split for transport on
two planes. The bulk of these samples departed on Flyaway 1 while the
"hold backs't were placed aboard Flyaway 2.
LASL, UCRL, and AFOAT-1
had primary interest in these flights. Flyaway 3 also carried samples for
the following laboratories: NRDL; Army Chemical Center; ANL, and NYOO,
On those occasions when it was necessary for Flyaway 1 to continue to the
eastern laboratories after making the first stop at Albuquerque, samples for _
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AFOAT-1 and UCRL were flown to McClellan and Alameda by AFSWCplane:
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This arrangement was very helpful in expediting samples to laboratories.
The sample return program was successful in every instance, per*
forming its function on or ahead of schedule and without mishap. The number of aircraft assigned and the number of flights scheduled were both ample to meet the needs of the using agencies.
For a shot schedule of 17 events, 36 Flyaway missions were planned
on the. assumption that no consolidation of requirements could be made.
However, with the dual shot capability, which resulted in two shots being
fired either on the same day or within a day or so of each other, of the
36 Flyaway missions planned, only 29 were required.
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COMMUNICATIONS
Teletype and Mail Service
On January 23, 1956, the TG 7.1 Mail and Records Section for Operation Redwing opened at Parry Island, Eniwetok, On February 22, 1956, a
branch office was opened at Enyu Island, Bikini. When Bikini was evacuated,
the Enyu Mail and Records Section operated aboard the USS Curtiss. Civilian and military personnel were utilized to man the two offices. The maximum strength at Parry Island was eight; at the Enyu Island office it was
three.
From March 1, 1956, until July 21, 1956, at Bikini, and until July 26,
1956, at Eniwetok, the Mail and Records Section operated 24 hours a day,
seven days a week.
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