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Table 6.

Estimated Task Group 7.3 personnel at Enewatak
Atoll, 1954.
Enlisted
Men

Officers

Enewetak Island (236 total)
TG 7.2 Boat Pool Detachment

ll2

Underwater Detection Unit, 7.3.8.0

22

1

Enewetak Harbor Unit, 7.3.8

é7

1

Serving in Army Post Office 187
Enewetak and Bikini Fighter Elements,
7.3.2.1, 7.3.2.2

3
30

8

Project 1.4 P4¥-2 aircraft (1)

3

Project 6.4 P2V-5 aircraft (1)

3

PBM-5A aircraft (2)

10

6

Parry Island (5 total)
Task Group Hq Communications
(boat pool personnel)
Sources:

5

Reference 9, p. D-3; Reference 11, p. 7c-1; Refer-

ence 14, April Installment, p. 59, May Instalimeht,
pp. 212-213, 238.

Bikini to assist in sorties for shot NECTAR, which was cancelled

number

of times before it was finally detonated on 14 May.

Task Group 7.4 (Air Force)
The Air Force task group had not been based at Enewetak during IVY,
the previous test series at the PPG, but at Kwajalein.

The missich of

this task group was generally to provide air transport, aircraft

d crews

for cloud sampling, air operations control, and general air supporf—.

specifics of the JTF 7 Operation Plan 3-53 (Reference 9) were:
1. Provide, maintain, and operate aircraft in support of

the following scientific missions

a.

Cloud sampling and cloud tracking

b.

Measurements of blast, gust, and thermal effects
on aircraft
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