KUMMERSDORF BOMB RANGE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A007500290008-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 24, 2008
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: July 6, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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u?"'r k r3 do f '(JOrlb ('a g e was obse ~'ve C'ur:?q the I95 5j and
in articular the fella-wiza" notod..
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~ (G.m 8l 3rs.o Born ing rrv,- practiced by js`i fir, t? .., 40- E2!Jvu?t 0700) 3 W-
.,.t>iiuere fly`inrg side-b,c~7)p Cr.t;?24d fr' .'.:. the .;'".i'Eihe.yS at a xi ),oW
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of between 800 and 19000 motor and (crosn lf~ of ea;' Tt;) to Dept e Cnted
d,_ram?es in Jaaezz `;+G~ra: it c~Ww.rf,oi~s.z 0/ o r e -n :al. 25X1
;,,^,Gweea he 3 aircraft was one wirl- -West of
Gt3.^ 4 G'' fig zters in close -orden-:,
zcs. distance of 19500 to 2,,900 lae ?;er- flow :_ n to the
c~ : ~ is o ."ithout turning to tht; ? e or iA;- . r she _.. t Cu?
ylve :x.xt c1o..ea
forma Lion to about 400 ?ete:.:l :here ez eh o::' he. dropped 2
bo_:b:;ro about 11 to 13 seeoad.S elapsed ra eas-: until
t;;lW detonations were heard. The plcce of Ca 1/0,,:; about ...5 km from
the bomb Mnge? The bom::s were suspended undez the la?_ng:, b^tcroeu the
xx..?,~.ary fuel tanks and the fusela, e; under the fist third of the wir. ;
vln.,:n seen from the fu, elage 0 l'a;s for bombing the ; r ^s r again clurchec . to
-6, he altitude of approach and then crossed over the aary'e is head:.ng west
Atcut 8C0 meters west of the targ to the formation di aor,sod and the
aircraft individually banked and made a gliding app:: rE ac.a to the ground
ta::gets. At an altitutde of 400 to 5LO ruetere., they first aircraft began. to
ft e from cannons at the tank dunraiea. Four o S^. rounds being fired were
heard twice before the aircraft again rlimnted to 80t) o r l 000 rlr a,ers , The
second and third aircraft repeated the sane pro ec.u:-e. 24ien. the 3 aircraft
had attacked the ground targets with aircraft ar?rma.eent, th..:,y assraebaed i
close-order formation west of the firin~a ran 'e fl crossed over the target area
another time and then headed northwc sto
A short time after the 3 jet fighters had disa~:pee od from view,,., the next
f1iht appeared,, It was occasioncal% obsor~-ed that Ci-uring the first -.` `Lack
the jet fighters individually drroa;ped 2 'btJiN_-- ore r no '` c,:r ets rand
subc`equently assvr bled in t. n a e .._"a 2 fib f aircraft
we ;ons? Daring all attacks it w !).a >Xted L%:.a the 4 e k; L'.:fS
~>d to
0C about rieters fox bor;e,.n', a, 5 1`.r C o'r
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exercises lasted until
t_aac on the right 4vti e U a~ a)+::4}a2c,t+C ly
-ach win',,,", . .,. _
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1 and 27 ,`.iaLro I1-1.0s *,ich flew in formations of 3 and 6 dropped time
bozibs frog. 40 to 50 meters over the targets. The bombs detonated after
about 30 sedcnds. The Il-10s on 17 Lay had red propeller hits and on 27 1,7ay
yellow propeller hubs. The targets located in Jagen 104 to 106 and 112 to
114 were represented by tank dummies some of which were painted green
while others were still unpainted. No radar target reflectors were observed*
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Between 0730 and 1245 on 30 May, ;,LiG-15s or U-LIIG-15c apjroached Kwcr.1ersdcrf
bomb z%n;;e at a high altitude from the northwest. The aircraft alternately
flow in t0; .kUOne of two or thx'+8ti, banked over Ku.nersdorf and then
Wiyjdually altOsd, dorm over the bomb ran-e. Sett^een kilo. eter markers 3a5
4, thq alrora.t alternately "ired from aircraft weapons and dropped
b.:44? Between 2200 and 2400 on 8 June, heavy detonations were felt in
ape enberg. The cause of the detonations could not be dete.~,ained, 25X1
JComment. The practices observed over Kummersdorf borib rane a ,,-,tee
with previous obdervations. The boiif s were suzj.ended under the wings bet::reen
the auxiliary fuel tank and the fuselage of the L iC-15s as has previcusly
been observed in Koethen. The I1?l0s
with red propeller hubs belong to the GA itegt in Brand enbubg-Ind.ustriehafen
and those with yellow propeller hubs to the CA Rent in Uoeber tz.
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