ae eI ke 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 69 The