Table 37.
Aircraft participating in CASTLE, KOON.
Aircraft
Number
F-84
15
B-36
1
2
1
Effects
Samplers
Sampler control
B-47
1
Effects
B-50
3
Indirect Bomb Damage Assessment (IBDA)
WB-29
2
Sampling and cloud tracking
c-54
3
Technical photography
Viking
3
VIP aircraft
SA-16
2
Search and rescue
C-47
1
Airlift
Table 38.
Samplers
Aircraft positioning data for CASTLE, KOON.
Aircraft
B-36 Effects
B-47 Effects
B-50 IBDAS
B-50IBDA‘
B-50 IBDAS
C-54-1
C-54-2
C-54-3
Use
Slant :
Altitude
Ranged
Heading
Direction?
12.2
10.7
9.8
9.5
9.1
4.3
3.7
3.2
17.2
14.9
22.2
37.1
50.0
139.0
92.7
139.0
090
070
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090
(km)b
-
(km)
Notes:
From ground zero.
Done kilometer equals 3,281 feet.
“Indirect Bomb Damage Assessment.
278
(deg)
(deg)
229
224
225
330
090
210