AIRCRAFT ENGINE PLANTS NO 26A AND 26B NEAR UFA, USSR

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• Publication Date: June 1, 1964
• Content Type: REPORT

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PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION REPORT
AIRCRAFT ENGINE PLANTS
NO 26A AND 26B
NEAR U FA, USSR
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AIRCRAFT ENGINE PLANTS NO 26A AND 26B NEAR UFA, USSR
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INTRODUCTION 25X1 D
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Aircraft Engine Plants No 26A and 26B are
situated 7.5 and 6.5 nautical miles (nm) respec-
tively northeast of the center of the city of Ufa,
USSR (Figure 1). Plant No 26A occupies an area
of approximately 335 acres, and Plant No 26B
occupies approximately 250 acres. Multiple rail
spurs from the Ufa-Chelyabinsk main line enter
each plant area. The two plants are about 2 nm
apart, Plant No 26A being east and slightly south
of Plant No 26B. The production facilities of the
two plants are believed to be interrelated, and
their combined production is believed to include
jet, turbojet, and cruise missile engines of
various types.
Basic knowledge of the Ufa plants was de- 25X1 D
rived from German photography of 1942. No
usable TALENT or KEYHOLE photography of the
plants was available until when
the fair-quality KEYHOLE photography from
provided the basis for limited
photographic interpretation. The excellent KEY-
HOLE photography of
reveals considerably more detail of the
major facilities of the two plants than could
be seen previously and permits a more defin-
itive analysis than has been possible with photog-
raphy from earlier missions.
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AIRCRAFT ENGINE PLANT NO 26A
Aircraft Engine Plant No 26A (BE No-
is situated at 54-47N 56-07E (Figures
2 and 3). As of this plant con-
sisted of 17 major buildings and numerous
smaller buildings with a total roof coverage of
approximately 1,578,120 square feet. Measure-
ments of the major buildings are presented in
the tabular inset of Figure 3.
Between 1942 when the German photography
was obtained and there was an
increase at Plant No 26A of more than 350,000
square feet of roof coverage. Most of this in-
crease was accounted for by the addition of the
large assembly building (item 1, Figure 3),
the administration building (item 10), and along
narrow building (item 5).
Approximately 12 buildings were observed
on the photography that had not
been visible on earlier photography. Buildings
6 and 17, Figure 3, were erected after _
Some or all of the other ten
buildings may have been built during the period
between
but it is more likely that most of them previously
escaped detection because of the relatively poor
quality of the =photography. Roof coverage
of the 12 newly observed buildings totals more
than 80,000 square feet.
The functions of various buildings compris-
ing Plant No 26A are shown on Figure 3.
Building 7 is a complex structure with a three-
level roof. The engine test and assemblybuild-
ing (item 3) has a high section in about the mid-
dle of its south side from which rise three
apparently rectangular stacks that are probably
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AIRCRAFT ENGINE PLANT NO 26B
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Aircraft Engine Plant No 26B - and 5). As of this plant con
is situated at 54-47N 56-04E (Figures 4 sisted of 11 major buildings and numerous
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LENGTH WIDTH
(I'T) (FT)
ROOF
COVERAGE,
(SQ F-1')
1
535
x
360
192,600
2
470
x
240
112,800
3
IRREGULAR
131,400
4
200
x
180
36,000
5
560
x
50
'_14.,000
6
205
x
165
33,825
7
870
x
335
291,450
495
x
340
168 300
9
485
x
340
164,900
10
IRREGULAR
15,270
11
360 x
140
50,400
12
340 x
95
32,300
13
IRREGULAR
24,750
14
200 x 190
38,000
15
IRREGULAR
24,500
16
380 x t35
51,300
17
IRREGULAR
13,925
OTHERS
166,100
FOUNDRY 16
ASSEMBLY/SHOP
BUILDINGS
ASSEMBLY
BUILDINGS
ENGINE TEST AND
ASSEMBLY BUILDING
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Railroad
Road
Wall
500 0 500 1000 1500
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ENGT
(FT;
H
WIDTH
(F T)
ROOF
Co VF, RA GE
iSQ FT)
1
325
X
190 61,750
2
200
X
170 34,000
3
380
X
345 200, 100
4
610
X
530 323,650
5
1,290
X
600 773.550
6
580
X
340 197,200
7
305
X
100 30,500
8
380
X
50 19,000
9
465
X 295 137,175
10
410
X 165 67,650
I1
210
X 155 32,550
OTHERS 66,575
TOTAL 1,943,700
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 smaller buildings with a total. roof coverage of
about 1,943,700 square feet. Between 1942 and
there was an increase of about
570,000 square feet of roof coverage, including
the addition of a new building for jet engine
testing (item 10, Figure 5), a large assembly
building (item 4), and a number of small build-
ings in the Administration Area.
The principal new construction since=
consists of two large buildings
(items 6 and 11, Figure 5) which provide roof
coverage of approximately 230,000 square feet.
Building 6 is an additional assembly building.
The function of building 11 is difficult to deter-
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mine. It appears to have a sloping roof with
the higher end on the east and with the lower
western end terminating close to the engine
test facility (item 10).
Seen for the first time on the
=photography, in addition to buildings 6 and
11, are seven small buildings and six vertical
above-ground tanks (Figure 5). These may also
be new construction. Also newly observed are
seven tall stacks or vents, each of which is
separate from but centered in front of each one
of the seven bays of the engine test facility
(item 10).
The continued expansion of the aircraft
engine plants at Ufa, particularly of Plant No
26B, indicates an increasing level of activity in
the production of aircraft and/or missile en-
gines. No available photographic data indicate
the types or quantities of engines produced.
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