4TH PYRENEAN AIR LEGION: REPORTED CONSTRUCTION OF AN AIRFIELD SOUTH OF PRAT DE LLOBREGAT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R000200520003-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 11, 1998
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: January 10, 1947
• Content Type: IR

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE GROUP
I TELUUG CE REPORT
T Spain
SU EOT 4th Pyrenean Air Legion; Reported Construction Of
an Airfield South of Prat deg L1obrogat
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1 s The 4th Pyrone Air Legion be longa to the 4th Military Region* end has its
headquarters on Av'e aida Calvo Sotelo in Zaragoza. Unity of it, each composed
of 500 ie , are located as followa3
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Cm At d/' C OOOOOO fY OL? Prat do Liog,,
mat E (sio) .oO Ba ajar
'hit C hal one detachment, at each of the f0110-ring FIRMS-' Reaa.s, Sabadellp
Banolae, the Hydroplane Base at the Port of Barcelona, and Prat de Llobr?egato
2,., he 4th Air Le ;ion con.sia of ground forces (personal de tierra) ohai ge
oP the care of the airplanes, the onstruction of fields and other related
duties. The detaalarrvint of Unit C which is at ?rat do Llobrregat is constructing
acx airfield three kilometers t the south of Prat do I,lobr egatb The military
airport is two kilometers further, south. The attached sketch chows the details
of the airfield under oonskr?uot:lono According to source? the construction of
the field of I at do Llobr:?e ?at is entirely under the direction of Spaniards,
5. Balow are soma of they officers connected with the 4th Air Legion:
Coseandin.g Officer of the 4th Air Lesion a. General Galarsa
doz ,thug Officer of Unit 0 e Lt. Colonel Carlos Pascual del
Povil de a usuari
Officers in charge of construction at
Prat de Liobregat
Washington CowaOUts Source apparently has
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Captain Julio Peres, Frade
.a First Lieutenant Jose quain Pereira
Second Lieutenant Villalou
Second Lieutenant Benito Garrido
confused the 4th Military Region
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Airfield of Prat do Llobrer'ab
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Highway from airfield
to powder magazine
Rigoay to Prat do
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