periods. Prelhninary thinkiw resulted ~ tenttit
ivelY assigning three
(3) B-29~s for weather reco~issmce
-equate
purposes which was held to be wholly
weather reconnaissmce Wae laid before the Chief Air Weather
Service who immediatelys~gested the support of the 514th Weather Reconnaissance squadron locded at ~q
This squadron is used mainw for
typhoon reconnaissance. wwever, for the period of the SANDSTONE operatian,
the occurrenceof typhoons is at its lowest frequency for the k
ad
it w-
area
believed that no serious typhoon warning difficultieswould
be encounteredby assigning the bulk of the squadron to KwaJalein to
the support of SANDSTON3L Thus eight (8) aircrtit were placed under the
operational control of the Air Task Group Commander 7.4 with Major IhuMer
commanding the ‘&sk Unit (weathersair reconnaiss=ce).
The Staff Weather
Officer to the Air Wsk Group Oommander, T(J7.4, Major Gazzaniga was charged
with the responsibilityof the mobile weather stations at Wake, Rengerik,
Eniuetok, and Majuro, as well as technical control over the weather air
reconnaissancennlt~