COTTBUS AIRFIELD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A004300850009-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 12, 2010
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: July 21, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
This Document contains infpimation affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States, within the mean-
ing of Title 18, Sections 793 and 794, of the U.S. Code, as
amended. Its transmission or revelation of its contents
to or receipt by an unauthorized person is prohibited
by law. The reproduction of this form is prohibited.
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COUNTRY East Germany
SUBJECT Cottbus Airfield
REPORT
DATE DISTR. 21 July 19,,-
NO. OF PAGES 2
REQUIREMENT NO. RD
REFERENCES
THE SOURCE EVAJ.UATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
1. Aircraft Count:
20 April: 2 U MIG-15's at take-off point.
20 April: 10 YAK-11/18's parked in front of hangars.
22 April: 1 U-MIG-15
22 April: 6 YAK-11/l8's parked in front of hangars.
24 April: 6 YAK-11/18's at take-off point.
24 April: 1 PO-2.
26 April: 6 YAK-11/18's at take-off point,
28 April: 3 U-MIG-15's at take-off point.
2, Flying Activity:
20 April: At 11:30 a.m. there were 2 MIG-15's at the take-off point,
together with 4 radio vans, 2 trucks, 3 tank trucks, 1 jeep
and 1 ambulance. One U-MIG-15 took off, flew a circuit and
landed after about seven minutes. The second U-MIG-15 then
took off. The first aircraft taxied back across the taxi
track, was refueled, and the pilot changed. When the U-MIG-15's
were flying, the first three flights were made with an SAF pilot
at the controls and an Aeroclub pilot in the second seat.
Explanations were given over the intercom. In further flights,
the Aeroclub pilot sat at the controls with the SAF pilot in
the second seat.
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22 April: At 12:30 p.m., 1 U-MIG-15 and an unknown number of YAK-11/18's were
parked in front of the hangars. There was no flying in progress.
24 April: At 10:15 a.m., 6 YAK-11/18's (red spinners) stood at the take-off
point, together with 2 radio vans, 1 ambulance, 1 tank truck and
1 other truck. Flights were carried out by the YAK-11/18's at
an altitude of about 1,000 meters and lasted 30 minutes.
At 10:40 a.m. a PO-2 took off.
At 10:55 a.m. a PO-2 landed.
26 April: At 3:15 p.m., 3 YAK-l1/18's (red spinners) and 3 YAK-11/18's
(yellow spinners) stood at the take-off point, together with
vehicles as on 24 April. Flights varied between 15 and 30
minutes. At 3:30 p.m., two YAK-11/18's took off together in
50-meter intervals. They landed after about 30 minutes: 1
aircraft landed while the other flew a small circuit and then
came in to land.
28 April: Three U-MIG-15's stood at the take-off point. At both ends of
the runway there were 2 radio vans, and near the aircraft were
an ambulance, 3 tank trucks, a field kitchen, 2 Dodges and 1
jeep. Three U-MIG-15's made flights lasting about seven minutes
and followed the procedure of 20 April.
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