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1947 3
.Jar 11 2at. Oakhurst. '.forked on sky wa•1e data of Aug R. Drew up curves for lower and upper
~tratosphere. Regung? brought in calculator from 'fright ?ield .
.;an 12 3m:. C'akliurst. ~-'orked on sky :raVF~s .\ug Ath and 9th. Got out letter to Gutenberg
pertaining to those two days .
.Jan 13 Eon, Oakhurst. Workililg on sky wave curves. Made plans for Alamogordo this Thursday
!an 14 ~ues. Cakhurst. Calibrated instruments A-21 to take to Alamogorso. Raining
,:ar 1S :·led. Oakhurst. Started writep of '.'-2 rocket 'rork. Jr O'Day in fron 'tlatson and He
i-iert o·;er '-2 rocket pro£ram with him. "'inished calibration of ':'-21s on GR P, ''ivian fin-
ished sky wave curves. :<forked on Dec 31 ~·:oods Hole recordings .
.·an 16 '::'hurs. Oakhurst. All equipment for Alamogordo packed and loaded on truck pm. ':iorked
·:ith 'i ·,rian on sky wa··1es of A~ 8th and 9th.
:'an 17 i"ri. Oakhurst. 'Jonference with '::apts Levris, ';lowry and Duff of Clmstead Field and
:ere:_ at 1230 regarding bombs, future flights, etc. ~:athematecian fror.! HeWr.lan's group
started work this noon - for two '/leeks. - working with '!i ·rian. :food ruff and Chantz went
up to Newark with equipment and loaded on P"-47. \vent up at 2 pm by staff car. P-47 left
:'ewark 133 pm, landed at Patterson for fuel, landed at Tinker Field, Okla City 120 am,
Stayed there overnight, Officers Manjak and Layden.
Jan 18 3at. Left Oklahoma City about noon and went as far as Amarillo. Stayed at Amarillo -
at Clinton Hotel
Jan 19 Sun Left Amarillo about 1130 CST
IC.ent off plane and put in north hanger.
galvanometers broken. Repairing tonight
arri"ed Alamogordo 1230 pm RMST. Unloaued equip-
Unpacked GR-8s, T-21 galvanometers. J T-21s and 2
Jan 20 :'on Alamogordo. Tested out T-21s at north hanger with GR-8s. Loaded up all equipment
for c::- 3 and Rubicon drum and went out to A1 tower. Set up house along roacf about 3/4 mi
southeast of the tower. Ran out 3 1000' lines for the at 120° radii. Set up dark room
tent and 2 galv l&N broken suspensions. Worked on timing circuits, T-21s and galv at
Alamogordo Air 'Base.
Jan 21 Tues Alamogordo. ~ried out more T-21s with GR-8. All OK but one. Set out Site 2 near
Hwy 70, C&GS marker 'Dona'. Laid out 1000'cables, set up Rubicon. Went out to end of Doppler
line to station G but could not find C&GS marker 'Town' . lfent back along line toward block-
house & set up site #1, cables and Rubicon drum at intersection of G line and 0 line.
Sites now set up 6, 13, 19 mi from blockhouse, all about 2 mi east of N line from boundary?
site
Jan 22 :{ed Alamogordo. Made rounds of all 3 sites. Set up l&N at Site #3, & surveyed to
tower. Took T-21s and GR-8s to Sites 1 and 2 and set them up ready to operate. Took
Rubicon recordings at Site 1 and 3 to check galvanometers.
Jan 23 Thurs. Alamogordo. Left air base about 900~ 1.~.,Bombing postponed from 11 am to J pm.
~·!ent out to Site 3, surveyed to tower. Got GR-3 recordings. Left Chantz at Site J and went
to Site 2. Woody left Site 2 and went to site 1. Bombing delayed by 15-JO minute intervals
from 3 pm to 519 pm. Got good recordings at Site 2 • Both other stations lost to triang-
ulation acc't radio communication though Woody had GR-8 operating but without directional
instrumnets.
Jan 24 Fri. Alamogordo. Checked with Major Pritchard at base. Left about 830 and picked up
all equipment fro~ J sites. Surveyed Site #2 and made rough survey of Site #1
Jan 25 Sat. Alamogordo, Sorted out all equipment at north hanger. Left GR3, Rubicons and
Sprengnethers. Packed up GR8's and other equip~ent and loaded in C-47. :arroll and Short
in G-47 from ifiddletown. ready to lea·:e tomorrow. Worked on Site 2 recordings pm. got
azimuths and angles of ascent for 2 main explosions. Have high angle o~ ascent.
Jan 2c Sun. Left Alamogordo about 830 an in C-47, Lt Sherry of Alamogordo pilot. Landed
at Scott Field, St Louis for gas & eats, and then to Fatterson Field, Dayton, Chic where
11e stayed o-,ernight acct bad weather east of Pittsburg.
Jan 27 Bon. Left Patterson Field about 930 am, arrived in Newark near noon. Chantz and
';loodruff left by train. I went to Oakhurst with truck and equipment.Arrived about 330 pm.
Peoples going to.... ~.fashington tomorrow to V-2 panel meeting with Trakowski.
Jan 28 Tues. Oakhurst. Worked up diagrams for azimuth and offset distances, also angle of
descent fron Site 2, Alamogordo. Went over recording, got about 20 recordings on first
part but only 2 on down part.
Jan 29 Wed. Oakhurst. Worked on latter part of V-2 recording of Alamogordo. Got 2 recordingf
tesides 2 large ones, but very poor. ~.Jerked up possible trajectory of 'l-2 rocket. ~forked
up fuiure program for Alamogordo - Chantz & Oliva leaving about 10 February for semi-
IIe,..ll!lanent work there. 1
.•ie are passing up Feb 6 rocket but starting on definite program
ro lowing that.