Figure 44. F-84G decontamination, CASTLE. report of operations during CASTLE states that station aircraft used during the evacuation of Rongerik and Rongelap also required this treatment. Levels of contamination are not given, although a summary of the radiological condition of VP-29 aircraft at the end of the series was published and is shown in Table 17. The VP-29 P2V-6 searching for transient ship- ping during BRAVO was so heavily contaminated that it was forced to return to its base, but the levels are not in the accounts (Reference 33). The RAF Canberras based at Kwajalein sampled all CASTLE events except UNION. Selected contamination readings are available for these aircraft and show for BRAVO D+3 a high reading of 0.180 R/hr around the engines, which dropped to 0.120 R/hr after one washing with gunk and soap and water. After ROMEO, a high reading of 0.900 R/hr, again around the engines, was recorded after sample removal (Reference 34). Decontamination at Kwajalein was done at the pad used by TG 132.4 in Operation IVY. VP-29 and NAS personnel decontaminated their own aircraft and supervised the UK personnel working on the RAF aircraft. 164