MAKE A MEME View Large Image Lot 11532-4: Operation Sandstone, November 1947-June 1948. Aircraft. Planes of all types were used on the project. B-29’s transported supplies and personnel to the testing area and to photograph the blast. The light plane squadron was ...
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Keywords: vehicle aircraft Lot 11532-4: Operation Sandstone, November 1947-June 1948. Aircraft. Planes of all types were used on the project. B-29’s transported supplies and personnel to the testing area and to photograph the blast. The light plane squadron was kept busy moving passengers and light cargo back and forth between the islands. The big “Martin” patrol bombers of the U.S. Navy kept a constant patrol of the waters around Eniwetok Atoll. Helicopters picked up samples to be delivered to the laboratories for analysis. Each played their part well in this history-making event. Photographs show preparation for the atomic bomb tests at Eniwetok Atoll (Marshall Islands), the actual blasts and the visible effects. Military construction, photography, meteorology, radiology, and communications; aircraft; daily life; Navy, Air Force, and civilian staff portraits; first successful color photograph made by atomic bomb flash, showing Navy spectators. U.S. Air Force Joint Task Force Seven. Images photographed through Mylar sleeves. (7/2/2015). Lot 11532-4: Operation Sandstone, November 1947-June 1948. Aircraft. Planes of all types were used on the project. B-29’s transported supplies and personnel to the testing area and to photograph the blast. The light plane squadron was kept busy moving passengers and light cargo back and forth between the islands. The big “Martin” patrol bombers of the U.S. Navy kept a constant patrol of the waters around Eniwetok Atoll. Helicopters picked up samples to be delivered to the laboratories for analysis. Each played their part well in this history-making event. Photographs show preparation for the atomic bomb tests at Eniwetok Atoll (Marshall Islands), the actual blasts and the visible effects. Military construction, photography, meteorology, radiology, and communications; aircraft; daily life; Navy, Air Force, and civilian staff portraits; first successful color photograph made by atomic bomb flash, showing Navy spectators. U.S. Air Force Joint Task Force Seven. Images photographed through Mylar sleeves. (7/2/2015).
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