Table 37.

Aircraft participating in CASTLE, KOON.

Aircraft

Number

F-84

15

B-36

1
2
1

Effects
Samplers
Sampler control

B-47

1

Effects

B-50

3

Indirect Bomb Damage Assessment (IBDA)

WB-29

2

Sampling and cloud tracking

c-54

3

Technical photography

Viking

3

VIP aircraft

SA-16

2

Search and rescue

C-47

1

Airlift

Table 38.

Samplers

Aircraft positioning data for CASTLE, KOON.

Aircraft

B-36 Effects
B-47 Effects
B-50 IBDAS
B-50IBDA‘
B-50 IBDAS
C-54-1
C-54-2
C-54-3

Use

Slant :

Altitude

Ranged

Heading

Direction?

12.2
10.7
9.8
9.5
9.1
4.3
3.7
3.2

17.2
14.9
22.2
37.1
50.0
139.0
92.7
139.0

090
070
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090

(km)b

-

(km)

Notes:

From ground zero.
Done kilometer equals 3,281 feet.
“Indirect Bomb Damage Assessment.
278

(deg)

(deg)

229
224
225
330
090
210

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