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but there was definitely not room on Eniwetok for all of Task Group 74.
Thus, the Air Commander was faced with the problem of deciding
whether drone aircraft should take off from Eniwetok or Kwajalein.
Favor-
ing the take-off from Eniwetok were the factors of possible failure of the
automatio pilot and the decrease in efficiency of the air filters.
Favor-
ing take-off from Kwajalein was the possibility of establishing major shop
facilities for the aircraft as well as placing all of Task Group 7.4 in
one general location.
After favorable results were obtained in taking the
drone aircraft off from Eniwetok on several mornings, Colonel gm and
General , in conference with General iP. decided to fly eight (8)
drones and four (4) Master Mothers to Eniwetok on test days minus one (1)
day for take-off from that island.
This necessitated the addition of
forty-one (41) more maintenance personnel on an already crowded island,
and increased the total personnel that might have to be evacuated if weather
conditions should change and cause a possible “rain-out" from the atomio
cloud after the explosions
m.
Briefing.
Barly in the operational planning phases for SANDSTONE, it was
recognized by both the Office of the Air Commander and Task Group 7.4 that
there existed a definite need for a briefing on air operations.
An ex-
tensive briefing procedure was established by Task Group 7.4 which included
the construction of an air conditioned auditorium, a series of excellent
charts, and an intricate method of lighting, as well as an exceptionally
well planned summary of the operations.
It was realized that Task Group
7o% had the additional responsibility of briefing its own operating personnel for the accomplishment of their’ mission as well as the observers who
were sent out to see the tests.
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