Table 16.
CASTLE TG 7.4 aircraft decontamination materials used.
BRAVO
ROMEO
KOON
UNION
YANKEE
NECTAR
19
17
15
11
14
12
88
2,320
2,375
7,250
3,490
3,214
3,000
21,649
594
475
1,450
820
623
585
4,547
(pounds )D
14
14.5
14.5
14
14
14
85
Rubber Gloves
(pair)
12
8
5
10
10
8
53
Aprons (each)
3
4
3
3
5
4
22
280
120
70
70
70
70
680
11,900
15,852
8,100
98,840
16,500
15,000
76,192
Aircraft
decontaminated
Kerosene
(gallons)4
Gunk (gallons)}4
Detergent
Respirator
Filters (each)
Water
(gallons)4
Total
Notes:
One gallon equals 3.79 liters.
b
One pound equals 0.46 kg.
Source:
Reference 30.
Figures 41 through 43 show decontamination operations for a B-36.
Note
the overhead cable and safety harnesses for personnel working on the wings.
Also, the need for supporting personnel, equipment, and vehicles is evident.
Figure 44 shows a scrubbing operation on the wing of an F-84G aircraft.
OTHER AIRCRAFT.
Contaminated aircraft were also a problem on the Bai-
roko and at the Kwajalein Naval Air Station.
On the Bairoko the problem
was the landing gear of HMR-362 helicopters returning from deliveries of
work parties to contaminated sites.
Helicopters returning from such mis-
sions were landed in a canvas bathtub to hose off their landing gear
(Reference 32).
VP~29 aircraft and the two RAF Canberra cloud samplers based at Kwaja-
lein Naval Air Station during CASTLE received decontamination.
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The NAS