AIRFIELDS NEAR MISKOLC

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP81-01036R000200030010-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 2, 2011
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: April 5, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/02/02 :CIA-RDP81-010368000200030010-9
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY H~6a1'y
SUBJECT Airfields"near Miskolc
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THIS Is UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
1. ,S z1 rma Airfield is commonly re~'erred to as "Mi aknl c-Srnith" F t e1.d . A Hungarian
ground support ssotioa with 19 to 21 PJ5-2 machines is now ~95~ stationed
at-3sirma Airfield.
2. `1'he men of this unit number 520 to .530. They are all quite young acrd wear
light blue insignia. The unit reached the field in spring of 1953? The
auto park oonsistis of six passenger cars, six deeps, two Ikarus buses, five
tank trucks, 12 or 13 trucks. During the whole of the summ~:r the flying
personnel was away from the field, but ground units remained.
3. There is also a training unit at the field, devoted to theoretical instruction,
The young men taking the coursaes are in their classrooms almost all day.
4. oaring the fall of 153 there was attack instruction, carried through very
oarefully and thoroughly. Exercises were held mainly in the early morning
hours, with planes working singly and in threes. There were no bombing
exercises. The fliers being trained were all young men from bI:iskolc and
the neighborhood, who received their preliminary training in 1952 at
Szirmabessenyo Field.
5. azirmabessen`y0 Field is usually called "Miskolc-Ncrth". T1: is reserved for
civilian air traffic of the Massovlet. Down to Sep 1953 there was a training
unit of the civilian MRSZ (Hungarian Air Oroup) at the field, but it was
dissolved for the winter 1953 and 1954.
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