SOVIET AIRFIELDS IN THE RUSSIAN ZONE OF GERMANY

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R000200780002-6
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• Original Classification: S
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• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 8, 1998
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: January 20, 1947
• Content Type: IR

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I- ud .-i s,1ustt (T53): This field;, observed on 11.. and 12 October 1946,
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be only an auxIliax y or advanced landing trip. An
ME' 100 and a single twomlotor aircraft were seen.
tea La r: In early October, this field had two squadrons
t1anes eae ' of three-motor bombers, a pursuit squadron of
kcribed as double-deckers)
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ow n early 0ctober9 this field has ,`..tat been completely torn
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tter h There Is also a flying school at the field
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?erleher (TY0): Heavy air activity Is reported by who
-3i sI eo field In mid- epteitahext and observed tow- t rget practice
and parachute jump training,. Party-two pursuit aircraft were parked
on the field. The landing area is 2,000 meters long and 18800
astern wide, covered with grass and in good condition. Two hangars
and two repair shops are in good shape.: Two underground gas tanks
L 'rortt of th#i hangars, and along the railroad tracks are believed
t;o have a capacity of 50,000 liters each, but it Is not known if
they are being used. North of the field, on the road to Lenzen (T40),
noth fuel dump consists of some 150-200-liter drums and twelve
'gel tanks (mostly underground). Six tank-trucks. delivering fuel
on,25 September were marked:
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The directional searchlight, movie from north to east,, is now
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4 Salzwedel (Y27). The airport was
fete October. Ins
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-9tailatfons and barracks -Q the latter originally intended to be
turned over for German emergency housing use - have been dismantled.
Approximately one battalion of troops stationed in the border area
was shifted to Lagendorf, Reddigaub and 118dderaen on 24 September.
5. Rock (V33): Artillery troops occupied the barracks in late
October, but there was no air activity and the former GAF test field
was not being used.
Quedlinbur (D35): This field is scheduled to be dismantled
completely, accordtnFrr to a source who visited this area between 15
and 30 October.
7., Erfurt (Pa3S): An Increase In air activity at the end of Octobor is
reno:ted. Formation flights of about thirty planes each, apparently
bombers, were seen.
8a Weimar (357): The former GAF field north of Weimar is now bets.g
used- for agricultural purposes. A new small airstrip (unlocated)
built by the Russians in 1945 is in use, but air activity, confined
to two or three biplanes, is negligible.
Cottbus (A57):
a) Large quantities of gasoline are being received at this field.
On 17 Octobers fifteen tank-care arrived; each is estimated to have
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, visiting Cottbus on 27 October, reports that
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work on t e field has been completed,, including a concrete runway
capable of supporting bombers. Eighteen 3L aircraft were observed
flying at an altitude of 800??1.,,,r eters.
10 4 Neuri n (Z49) : The field has been abandoned and the runways
sGroyed, according to a 6 November report. Activities have been
25X1X6 transferred to a field near the village of Werder close to
Neurupptn. (Comment: probably refers to Nietwerder, Z49).
11. B a r t h (P25 ) : The entire field i s being dismantled.. Operations
observed on 11 November included the dismantling of barracks and
hangars.
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12g OranienburLi (Z67),* Strong air force units arrived in mid--September,
25X1X6 presumaV1y from Werneuchen (V06), Air activity has increased.
13. Ilan sdorf (Z62): ' reports 'having observed "several
25X1X6 r'e -small Sovie aircraft on this field on 24 -OCtober0
14. Jena (366): state that the airfield was.abandoned
I f arch 194 PR equipment 'was dismantled, The hangars remain
intact
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