Table 20.
CASTLE, BRAVO aircraft.
Aircraft
No.
3
Type
Mission
Project
Burst-time Location /
Remarks
2
P2V-6
Shipping search
One contaminated 120 km
east at 350 meters altitude at H+3
1
P2V-5
YAG controller
6.4
West of Bikini
1
P4y-2
Telemetry receiver
1.4
Altitude 3 km, slant
range 46 km south
1
B-36D
Effects
6.2a
Altitude 10 km, slant
1
B-47
Effects
6.2b
Altitude 10.7 km, slant
1
B-50
Indirect Bomb
7.1
Altitude 10.4 km, slant
1
B-50
Indirect Bomb
Damage Assessment
7.1
Altitude 9.5 km, slant
range 42.6 km
1.
B-50
Indirect Bomb
Damage Assessment
7.1
Altitude 9.1 km, slant
range 55.6 km
1
RB-36
Sampler control
9.1
3
C-54
Photo
9.1
Damage Assessment
range 18.5 km south
range 18.8 km east
range 27.8 km
Altitude 12.2 km, slant
range 92 km northeast
Altitude 3 to 4.4 km,
slant range 92 km south,
west, and north
1
12-14°
2
WB-29
Sampler
Wilson 1
F-~84G~
Samplers
Sampled south and east
edge from H+2 to H+7
B-36
Samplers
Sampled H+2 to H+7
WB-29
Cloud track
H+2 to H+20; no significant contact
1
Canberra
Sampler
UK aircraft, Kwajalein
based
Notes:
2one meter = 3.28 feet; 1 kilometer = 3,281 feet.
D sources vary as to number; decontamination data available for ten only.
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