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Figure 85.
CASTLE, YANKEE predicted fallout pattern, based on the method
of elliptical approximations; contours enclose the ors 50-,
and 10-R infinite dose areas (source:
The
instrument station locations on the
in Figure 86.
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islands of the atol]
are shown
The details of each project are given in Chapter 3.
The
locations of the task force fleet are given in Figure 87.
The aerial sampling effort for YANKEE was reduced to about
the normal activity.
This was done to enable TG 7.4 to partici
Enewetak detonation within 24 hours, if required.
Nine F-84s,
e-half
te
in the
ne FB-36,
and one WB-29 sampler were used in YANKEE.
The B-36 effects aircraft at detonation time was flying a 18
at a 40,000-foot
(12.2-km)
km) from ground zero.
altitude and a slant range of 58,000
The B-47 effects aircraft aborted with a
N° heading
Feet
Fuel leak.
At burst time, one of the B-50 indirect bomb damage assessment ( [BDA)
301
(17.7