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AIR FORCES LINEUP, KWAJALEIN. 



A few members of Task Group 1.5 are 

 photographed in front of a C-54 

 photographic plane at Kwajalein. Spe- 

 cial apertures were made in the fuse- 

 lages of these planes to accommodate 

 cameras. Some of these planes carried 

 as many as 28 cameras, still and motion 

 picture. Photographic planes had to 

 be exactly at their prescribed positions 

 and altitudes, and on the prescribed 

 courses, at the time of the bomb drop, 

 to permit accurate concentration of 

 cameras on the designated parts of 

 the target area. Accuracy of timing 

 required cooperation of air crews and 

 photographers. Accuracy was achieved 

 through careful and detailed planning, 

 and through rehearsals held first at 

 Albuquerque, N. M., and later in the 

 Marshalls. To supplement the roster of 

 photographers an appeal was made to 

 ex-servicemen with experience in pho- 

 tography to leave their civilian jobs 

 temporarily and help Operation Cross- 

 roads. Nearly one-half of the final 

 photographic staff consisted of veter- 

 ans brought back from civilian life. 



