When William Penney returned from the American Operation Crossroads nuclear tests in the Pacific to become Chief Superintendent Armament Research ( CSAR ) , in charge of the Ministry of Supply 's Armaments Research Department ( ARD ) at Fort Halstead in Kent , he chose Maddock to head his instrumentation team . Maddock was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 1953 New Year Honours , having been crucial to the success of firing and collecting data on the Operation Hurricane atomic bomb test in the Monte Bello Islands on 3 October 1952 . He subsequently participated in the Operation Totem tests at Emu Field , Operation Mosaic tests at Monte Bello in 1956 , and the Operation Buffalo British nuclear tests at Maralinga
Operation Hurricane
Operation Hurricane
Ieuan Maddock