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Figure 85.

CASTLE, YANKEE predicted fallout pattern, based on the method
of elliptical approximations; contours enclose the ors 50-,
and 10-R infinite dose areas (source:

The

instrument station locations on the

in Figure 86.

Reference 1

islands of the atol]

are shown

The details of each project are given in Chapter 3.

The

locations of the task force fleet are given in Figure 87.
The aerial sampling effort for YANKEE was reduced to about
the normal activity.

This was done to enable TG 7.4 to partici

Enewetak detonation within 24 hours, if required.

Nine F-84s,

e-half
te

in the

ne FB-36,

and one WB-29 sampler were used in YANKEE.
The B-36 effects aircraft at detonation time was flying a 18
at a 40,000-foot

(12.2-km)

km) from ground zero.

altitude and a slant range of 58,000

The B-47 effects aircraft aborted with a

N° heading
Feet

Fuel leak.

At burst time, one of the B-50 indirect bomb damage assessment ( [BDA)

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