BUDAORS MILITARY AIR BASE

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• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 8, 1998
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: November 7, 1946
• Content Type: IR

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE GROUP
INTELLIGENCE REPORT
COUNTRY mucary -
SUBJECT Bidacre Milits y Air Base
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DATE: 25X1A6a
INFO.
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Appendixs 1 sketch
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The airfield is locitved just southeast of the town Sudamrs. It is bounded on
,.the south by the Vic" pest railway, on the east by the h4ghray to
Budapest and on the -rest by streetcar tracks running into Budaora.,
2. ItescriPtion
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The field is 1200 m. x, 800 m. in size,, surfaced with sand and gravel, and
has a 500 m. x50 m. concrete apron extending from the main hangar on the
mouth side of the fie' d to the headquarters building in the southeast corner.
No concrete rnumnays ?usre seen. The entire field is surrounded by barbed
wire and guarded by :,entries. The guard house is located next to the
h eadquartesrs building.
3. Night Illumination a st
around light/; are installed around the field at an average distance of
about 100 m. from each other. The installations on the south side of the
f seld maurr`. red warning lights. A searchlight is located in each corner
of the ficsid.
Tower,
Two operations towers were observed., of which one is a captured German:
mobile station; the other tower is located about 150 m. east of the air
field, and did not appear to be in use.
s. Radio Station
On the roof of the headquarters building.
Baia _!Mar
About 70 m. long, 15 m. high, and 140 s:. wide, it has two sliding doors
each of which opens about 65. sa The har c r is oaf I corrugated sheet iron
construction.
Lear fa_ar
One repair hangar is located opposite the main hangar on the north side of
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k;,,, of corrugated iron, it is about 3b m. long anu (0 m., w=6#
in. wide. ;Aaintainance, minor repairs and rotor ciuu)gam
workshop. Two testing sites for motors are believed
the street-car tracks and the t southwest coorner of the
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;gain railroad. Iti is estimated that about 1,000 fifty-gallon
ti Yt tee scattered about in this area.
about, 4U m. iesl, of tj to auLic; na 4 ar, it i8 about 3U M. long
a sd 20 m. wide, for fueling and pe''vicirw; motor Vehicles belonging to
z~. ?ort. Soviet soldiers, as of 7 Moveraber 1946, were installing
or ;e ;Iring a filling station at the northwest corner of the depot.
Motor-Pool
there are t o garages on the field. One, iner ediately east of the main
hsMar, housed about 10 motor vehicles, including 2 gasoline trucks. The
-,-=on d, about 10 m. east of the POL-Depot, is about the same size and
ou,eti about 10 vehicles including a tractor.
:arts Depot
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This was formerly used as hangar for privately-.awned sport planes. It is
located at the southwest corner of the field. It is reported that a r tom;
Oer .n J-0--d8 motors and other CEt aircraft parts are stored there.
LaO&tsdt along t e spur leading from the main railroad line to the air
field installations, there are three bunkers about 1 m. above ground.
Three Soviet soldiers were seen carrying machine gun a}mmni.tion from
the dump to planes on the field.
3- _ Barracks
This consists of a two-story building located opposite the two-story head--.
ij building and about 50 m. east of concrete highway leading to
-J,About 300 Soviet troops are,:,)elioee ' to be stationed there. Soviet
uota are said to be billeted in Budaors.
lli. Activity on the Air Field
It was estimated that about 100 Soviet YAK 9's were parked in formation
along the west side of the field, and about 60 LA-7's and 36 IL-2's were
observed in the southwest area of the field. Four Hungarian-Owned J1-52
transports were standing on the east side of the field near the highway,
together with one Fieseler-Storch reconnaissance plane. Because of
poor flying weather all planes were grouxled.
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