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WE departed 19 November1947 to visit the drone unit being
assembled at Eglin Field, Florida. At various conferences held with
Colone] @iima (Commanding Officer) and others of the lst Experimental
Guided Missiles Group, problems concerning organization, personnel, equipment and supplies, logistical requirements, movement, types of aircraft,
and the characteristics of drone aircraft were discussed.
On 20 November 1947, these same officers visited Fort Worth Air
Field and conferred with officers of the Eighth Air Force who were to be
in charge of Task Group 7.4.
Questions concerning personnel, strength,
unit designation, tables of organization, military occupational specialties,
movement, logistical requirements, station assignment, liaison officers,
fuel requirements, control of drones, and weekly reports were discussed.
Upon their return to Headquarters, Colonels QQ and Kader submitted
full and comprehensive reporta to the Air Commander which were available
for all members of the staff to study.
Colone)] ima departed Washington, D. C., on 3
December 1947 for a visit to Eglin Field and Fort Worth Air Field, at
which time he briefed officers of the drone unit and Readquarters, Task
Group 7.4, on procedures and policies to be followed by the units involved.
In his report, he mentioned the security problems that were facing the
drone unit.
The training procedures eet up for drone personnel were
similar to those used in Operation CROSSROADS, and individuals who had
been in the first operation were “putting two and two together", thus
arriving at the conclusion that there would be another test of atomic
weapons.
Morale problems were discussed in connection with the need for
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