BRANDENBURG-BRIEST AIRFIELD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A005600200002-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 14, 2007
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: November 25, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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Betwn,::en 1020 and 1100 on 6 October `;954 4 I1-10s made i_ndividuaii
airf'e5d. The aircraft pre:(-t;.ced
lev?e'7. n'ti Pcko on t':^e s i_el_dq during ',which they Pulled out cf the:
1_676 t-~ 11 `.1 f ~_'L:~.Cl.ec of 50 to 10.) i`1e ter s . Between 1130 and i 20J and SDP, i; en
150' e d 1600 , tr, < 7S Vae f.1 y .. by fc rinations of three,
On .0 Octobcr9 9 tents were s c near true gun empl.accm.:xvt at the
western edge of the '..e1d. Th;; emplecemen`t, was occupied by 8 guns
thel.7:di.xl~' 4 of 37 nm' caliber and 4 of 76 mm caliber. 2
1000 end `ICA7 ao `j!. 0e^to-ea-'q there was individual f', i.ng j,?tit
v
I*1 -_10a stn ad ?. _t: n. 6 to A 11,:^Oz 17)re seen flying; in a wide cLccle
at distance of 300 ,,o 1.00 meters. From that circle the "craft dived
individu~nlly for to l---e\\rel atta.e;ks. They dived at an angle of 45 to 25X1
50 do gees and nulled out of dive at an altitude of about i0O m,,eter.s.
Bet'/yen 1C)OC and "230, some Il-.',,Os practiced flying. Between 1CC0 and
1615 on 16 October, there was individual flying ai:c, flying by for y t i ons
o" `three which disappeared toward the southeast. The forrations returned
aft- about 40 minutes, made a local flight, subsecuen tly a low-l eve l
and then the aircraft landed i.ndividually,> An estimated 4.0 TI-10s
were stationed at the field.
1 ~ I Cor.r-.ent. Brandenburg-Briest airfield is occupied by a ground attack
regiment which is equipred with 50 to 60 I1i10s. 25X1
2, Comment. The same source also reported 76--mrn AA guns from the
ran enb't re:- Industriehafen airfield,
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