PARNDORF AIRFIELD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A002900200009-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 26, 2002
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: October 26, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

Approved For Release 2002/07/29 : CIA-RDP80-0081 OA002900200009-9
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10 Between 8..a rn ancl? 2' o .n o on,23' September 1953, . 4 1iG-15s, 2 Yak-lls, and
1 Pe-2- which s probably" damaged, were. observed at, Parndorf .(P 48/X 77) airfield.
There was a 4/10 overcast, westerly wind of about 8-km/h, a visibility raanL e of 25X1
15 km, and. a, ceiling at about 2,000 meters. MG-15s -took off and landed .n
elements of twos at intervals of 25 to 30 seconds. The aircraft were towed to and
from- the take--ofd' ooint by trucks
During- the air act'ivity, the radar station w&s in operation. Source observed
distinctly that the radar set made-horizontal. rotations at an angle of 100 to 130
degrees when the airqtaft were aloft, that the rotations. decreased to about 45
degrees when-.the. aircraft came in sight, and that they became very faint when Cie
aircraft touched ground02
2? Six 37-inm Ali guns were observed in the Ai, gun emplacements which were guL.rded by
centries.we~aring red-bordered black epaulets. No operating personnel or motor
vehicles-were seen near the emplacements. An estimated 16 motor vehicles were 25X1 B
parked in the wooden garages, 6 trucks and 3 trucks with mounted searchlights
were observed in front of the garages, and 3 trucks,
25X1 B. the latter with driver wearing block-bordered blue epaulets, : tank
25X1 B trucks,,. and 2 vaan-like trucks were observed south o: the
garages.7 a long wire antenna and the antenna mast were observed at their
previous locations.-Three tank trucks tw:ere parked near the fuel dump. Truck
25X1 B with driver wearing black.-bordered blue epaulets entered the alrfieY9
coming from the direction of Vienna.
25X1 Al- I Cemmen P arndorf airfield is occupied by a Soviet fighter regiment.
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25X1A2? .t-a.- The method of operation oerformed b;.? the SC: 602 type radar set
was a. so reported from East Gerrmsny?
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