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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