PARNDORF AIRFIELD AND BRUCK/LEITHA MILITARY POST

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A003500580008-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 19, 2003
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: January 20, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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DALE OF CONTENT 21 _JoV_eMb 1, to g Decombe 1953
DATE OBTAINED a_dL:~;TE PREPARED_-.__..:_+.. 4%q~~_X-135 ,.
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On 21 and 27 Nov'ea i' and agair on 3 Pacember 953 MiG--15s end 1 t*; .-~~-anv3
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i _ , ?cta.f t. were oh seixaed at raa.rnraor1 (F /+3/x ';77) a irti r _d. flights tsar.
inaa. ; dt r ng. ;the day or uig at between 21 November-and 6 Pecemb rn (C-3)
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?. t? yen a + psi., a. ac 2 p.mU on 1C December, 18 zu G-15s and 2 k- _s were observed
aro d, fogy up to l.')'a ,, then the weather cleared up a: d the visibility came
better.- No air activity was conducted All the Mi 15sa ? .ee t for three were
entirely covered with tarpaulins. A MiG--1`5g the tail of which hod bscn disaoserbleda
was seen near the r e oair shop. At 10 a.m., about 40 -men hearing bla, kk-bordered bite
and red-bordered black epaulets left one of the low brick -Lea..' 1ding and enured the
lather, temporary buildiiig,a in grouxx , A tank truck was pa: irked u flrort of the building
which housed the kitchen and meeehall.0 About 80 men entered this baIidintj " ?ou.nd'.
noon,,
at f:,nc f J.eid? However,, the ea,stern edge ,crt,?ld . not . be obs :rved. W. rf_,`Aq c I a-, 3/10
overcast at an- altitude of i about 2G 000 meters, occasio i.ly .a'wny weather, an easter:l.y
wind of about 8 km/h. visibility of about 15 ku, and a tvmperatu "e of 6 de roes bolov
zero,, Flying was practiced by MC-15s which apparently n de low le-:e l fiighta, to as
far as the acre a of the laeiths. mrr%nt _r_,q,. The fo1lok9J, 4i". CY.9'rt' F3'taC. 1 r5.1l Mrlfi a were
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Parndorf Airfield and BrackAoitha Military Post
The antenna wire of the former lean;-wire antenna system: was till ..ssInp;e while
the antenna sts- stood at their previous locations. The radio truci' with three
rod antennas was still observed there. No changes were - :ohservad ? in:ths status of
the wound radio. ihstalla.tions>
5a l twe 8 a"am,, and 9 Pajj. _ on 18 December.. ?18 Mf,G 15s am1 2 were identified
CLAJSIFICATIOI4 - ,E"'t.
VALUATIONS _
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9:21 aoza 9254. P.. m.
io y ]a,m 10:23 a. m,,
10: 12 a,, y10:35 a
1 :15 ao m0 10:47 a. m,
11:32aar "11:'97 a0 ~
11;40 ao a 12:11 a,ao
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Near one of thle parked 1i -y15s was a : oskovic -ty.,e van-like truck from which
a , thick cable probably a rubbcr cable extended to the cabin of the
(3ltnu~+l.i2.?at _..ct e;i.F ho .< L'i%ra V :'d*;.ii 4 L auger
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ce U Unc sa ie si. e ` ere was intensive "aorso neJ. t Me at the k e1d Rrom
30 to 40 peraonn3l including flight or
at the fields
The Knife est~-typo and Fishnet-type radar sets were n crt in o;'cra.tion c r--7n~~ al
activity. The AA 'n emplaeoner.ts were o ucw iod by 6 x 37-i?n a -,wxxs Cl 2 r K c t by
sen4ires we;a.ri a rod-bordered black e -)aulets a Twelve:' -L ucks and 6 tru-* ss
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gene. Personae- were engag . in ?-e!aixnte ..an e work on the vtahicles,, Near 't; e t ttu'-'y
charging station i re two gene atcr carts which- were `u ?mec ted with cables
to the hut from which the noise. of a generator was heard, she fuel d far>p z: as g ?-
ded by s entries t,oarIng black-J,-ordered blue e p?aulets4 Near the f'or., 3r long-wire C
M'anna, stood the radio truck, with three rod antennas and the masts of the .for ii,-xr an-
tenna :,vste Q " zree tank uc were parked, In t e sheds j or tank trucks0 No changes
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w;re observed in the status o:2 the :' is wooden building item 21%, or the fuel d= np
with brick aeouso rte 255 Thsow?vice color worn the personnel r ~tai.c? not be ld;r -
J. t_ masts with z v z,_..,
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ifi.ed b3c The two radio sus t~:l.F~s ^ ~ d: isms and cone s ytF,cd ari?inncs,
items 26 and 27, were anchan d... 'hhei e was v ehicul..r traffic between V he and vck I.=c=i.t1
towel
color and I neniar Ueutsr a1`).a .l ~c:% il., .' bla k-s: ordered red +3 au?1sts, is ^!u..2}'." : u t o
Major wearing black-bordered, ci auulets . 2 senior lieutenants with &>.? ue
sen,.ta ies wear n a?hok-,tordored black epauletso The S } lla ion was e.Y?te.r d b;T I
c:17'?a i.tlta i w ~a ded
On :3 Doc mb r* the, z.3_r force quarters In
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25X1 `omutex'ate It is believed that F l e x idorf airfield is still c ~ c c . >3 cad y a fs ;rat ;r
regiment of the Fifty-Ninth Air Army, fi, portion of the airfield Derson al. is probably
quartered in 1, uck/Leitthaa
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