TOKOL AIRFIELD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00047R000100030001-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 1, 2013
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: May 12, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFdRIVIATION REPORT
COUNTY Hungary
DATE DISTR. /tie May 1951
SUBJECT Tokol Airfield NO. OF PAGES
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Tokol Airfield was located about 2 km east of the Village of Tokol. The
field.was reached by the Csepel-Budapest Road and by the railroad located
approximately 500 meters east of the base. The Csepel automobile factory,
was located about 800 meters east of the airfield.
the field was rectangular and in the shape of the letter "L".
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Tokol was administered by the Hungarians and the Soviets. Routine flight
operations were undertaken only by the Soviet air unit stationed at the field,
there was no regular Hungarian air unit
assigned there however, a fighter and an assault
regiment would be moved to the field from Kecskemet sometime in January
1951.
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chute jumps during the daytime.
3. The Csepel power station provided the airfield with adequate electricity.,
In November 1950, the airfield was used as a transfer point for Soviet ,
aircraft. Planes were flown to TokOl by Soviet pilots and then transferrpa
to various airfields by Hungarian pilots. At that time ten IL-10 airera50X1
were flown there by Soviet female pilots.
4. YAK,-9'a at the al/field used 95 octane gasoline, YAK-11's 87 octane,
UT-72's? YAK-189s and P0-21s used 72 octane.
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The only air raid ahelter was in poor condition,
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. Runway, which ran in an east-west direction. It was 3,000
meters long, 100 meters wide and constructed of concrete blocks.
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A concrete taxi strip which connected the main hangar with the
runway. It was approximately 950 meters long and 10 meters wide.
Parking area for DC-3 aircraft.
Ten IL-2 aircraft in storage status.
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500..00 Twelve wooden boxes, approximately 11 meters long, 5 meters wide
and 3 meters high. Each box contained disassembled YAK-11 aircraft.
These boxes arrived at the airfield from the USSR during November
1950. Five of these aircraft were assembled and flown to
Szolnok Airfield and then transferred to Kecskemet; five others
were assembled and flown to Veszprem Airfield; the remaining two
were kept in the hangar at Tokol. It required six mechanics
ten hours to assemble one aircraft.
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Concrete apron located in front of hangar which was 30 by 40 meters.
Concrete sidewalk, 3 meters wide.
Fountain and open air shower.
Concrete, grass covered air raid shelter partly underground.
Hangar and office building approximately 100 meters long and 40
meters wide. This building was also used for billets. It was
constructed of reinforced concrete and the walls were approximately
80 cm thick. The roof was flat.
110.0000 Parking area for approximately six YAK-9Is belonging to the Soviet
air unit stationed at the field.
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One YAK-1780
Three YAK-17 aircraft.
Open air fuel and oil storage place.
Small, wooden shack used as office for the fuel and oil storage area.
Damaged hangar.
Guard house constructed of brick, with red tile roof and camouflaged,
about 60 meters long and 5 meters wide.
Csepel-Budapest concrete road, 7 meters wide.
Vineyard.
Wooden fence about 3 meters high.
Tents used by the Soviet air unit.
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SKETCH (PERSPECTIVE VIEW) OF TOKOL AIRFIELD
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