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six shots fired were numbers forty-six
through fifty-one in the United States atomic weapons test program.
Aircraft positioning was one of the most important phases of the
shot series.
Upon the correct positioning of aircraft depended the
safety of crews and aircraft as well as the success of numerous sciencific and photographic missions,
In all cases it was agreed that
aircraft woidd be positioned according to the maxinun probable yield.
ELAINE ONE and ELAINE TWO, the effects B-36 and B-47, were the most
important aircraft in the positioning problem, because they were located nearest to Ground Zero on all shots.
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On 20 February, the final positioning conference was held at
Parry Island in Eniwetok Atoll (the site of JTF SEVEN and Task Groups
7.1 and 7.5).
At that meeting, Dr. William Ogle, Commander of Task
Group 7.1 (Scientific), stated that he had received the final yield
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