BAUTZEN-LITTEN AIRFIELD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A005600200010-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 14, 2007
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: November 22, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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Fast Germany REPORT
Bautzen-Litten Airfield
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LATE OF COf !TENT
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22 ;November 1954
DATE PREPARED
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The following air activity and a.i --cr E .i t were observed .t Bautzen-
-Litten airfield betweon 9 and 16 October 1954
4~Antc4w BtaQus3 n no*4n own 1t:(lnl -veral Yak--11s made cross-cou ;try
flights. They returned after about 1 hour.
10 October. No air activity was seen.
11 October. Between 0830 and 1600, cross=-country :"lig hcs were made by
Yak-11s flying in elements of two. Between 1530 and 1545, 2 Yak- 1s
were heard flying over the field: The planes apparently past.?rc med
aerob^tics which was inferred fr?:m the noise of the engines.
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12 October. There was no air activity.
13 October. Between 0800 and 1600, cross-country flights of 1 to 2
hours duration were made by Yak-11s which flew individually and in
elements of two. Between 1000 and 1030, the same sound of aircraft
engines pas heard over the town as on 11 October.
14 October. Between 0800 and 1500, Yak-11s made local alights ,pad. cross-
-country flights in elements of two.
15 October. Between 0700-and 1530, cross-country flights were made by
_P r._,., n + 4 zan 7 v~tr-.9 9'm
took off at ait interval of about 5:;U mete-s. ?mne
aircraft ea e ves 1735, a Yak-11 circled over the field once within
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about 3 minutes, then crossed over it at an altitude of about 300 meters
and headed west. Four Yak-11s were parked in front of the second }agar from
the east and 1 Yak-11 in front of the fourth hangar. No aircraft were seen
in the two hang:?rs which were open. The other hangars were closed. At 1430,
2 Ya1-11s circled over Bautzen tight Yak-11s were counted at the field.
16 October.
No air activity wos aeen.. 1
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3? Small scW.ie excavation worlc. was under ways near the fuel dump at the
field. 2
4., Then following obse vatloras were made at the field on 19 and 20 October:
19 0c1,ob r. A Single-mast antenna bas observed at the eastern side of
the runway. A radio truck n. : Al.
~a ens ,~ :3^ i -.:y n?w~ parked next to he
mast. A 3 ck- 11 _as also observed in t,e vicinity. About
35 soldiers who arrarrentlyr received instruction were seen near the motor
vehicles and the air r:raft o Yak-11s
, eaeti.ced flyiN3 up to 1600.
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