camera, aimed at the target ship, which transmitted to the test control ship recording the pictures. Timing was just right. When the bomb exploded in the water, FOX drone was almost directly overhead. Five seconds later, the shock wave caused FOX drone to gain about 60 feet altitude, the bomb doors warped, all inspection plates blew off, the tail gunner's escape hatch blew inside the aircraft, the canvas covering _ over the tail wheel well. split yand standard aircraft cushions inside the aircraft bursted. Drone control was maintained throughout, however. Ten seconds after the blast, the shock wave struck GEORGE, 16,000 feet over the target. GEORGE gained 300 feet from the shock wave, but sustained no visible damage, Both aircraft responded to directions and landed safely on Eniwetok.-> Drone HOW passed through the atomic cloud at 7,000 feet on a sampling run five minutes and eight seconds following detonation. At seven and one-half minutes after the detonation, drone LOVE went through the center of the cloud at 11,000 feet. Returning to Eniwetok, drone LOVE got away from its control aircraft and, after a call for help, the master control aircraft regained control.22 Three of the B-17 drones landed at Eniwetok without incident, but drone HOW lost its brakes on landing, went off the end of the runway, and sustained some damage .?? When Manhattan Project scientists later removed the samples from drones HOW and LOVE, they discovered that the HOW sample was too weak, Only the LOVE sample and one Navy drone sample were of any value. 36 Task Unit 1.6.1, Navy Drones. A Navy drone unit also collected samples from the atomic clouds during Operation CROSSROADS, 11 AFWLIHG Organized SWEH-2-003h, 40