Table 16.

CASTLE TG 7.4 aircraft decontamination materials used.

BRAVO

ROMEO

KOON

UNION

YANKEE

NECTAR

19

17

15

11

14

12

88

2,320

2,375

7,250

3,490

3,214

3,000

21,649

594

475

1,450

820

623

585

4,547

(pounds )D

14

14.5

14.5

14

14

14

85

Rubber Gloves
(pair)

12

8

5

10

10

8

53

Aprons (each)

3

4

3

3

5

4

22

280

120

70

70

70

70

680

11,900

15,852

8,100

98,840

16,500

15,000

76,192

Aircraft

decontaminated

Kerosene

(gallons)4

Gunk (gallons)}4

Detergent

Respirator
Filters (each)
Water

(gallons)4

Total

Notes:

One gallon equals 3.79 liters.

b

One pound equals 0.46 kg.

Source:

Reference 30.

Figures 41 through 43 show decontamination operations for a B-36.

Note

the overhead cable and safety harnesses for personnel working on the wings.
Also, the need for supporting personnel, equipment, and vehicles is evident.

Figure 44 shows a scrubbing operation on the wing of an F-84G aircraft.
OTHER AIRCRAFT.

Contaminated aircraft were also a problem on the Bai-

roko and at the Kwajalein Naval Air Station.

On the Bairoko the problem

was the landing gear of HMR-362 helicopters returning from deliveries of

work parties to contaminated sites.

Helicopters returning from such mis-

sions were landed in a canvas bathtub to hose off their landing gear
(Reference 32).

VP~29 aircraft and the two RAF Canberra cloud samplers based at Kwaja-

lein Naval Air Station during CASTLE received decontamination.
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The NAS

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