ERFURT-BINDERSLEBEN AIRFIELD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R004000230008-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 3, 1999
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: November 30, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

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:~ ~.i~dir~~~?. f' i~e:ld ??~as sarviceabie ~ ~'~ 1.orl~ ra*^T of four or f~.ve
`"`C'ite Made noncl5 an the l.andin~ field i~xdicated that nler~s
'??ere e~n~:c~,ed to 1~nci t:~ere m a ale truck 1.onded
??,i t?-. rc,els of t?lep~:one Cable, ??~ith a traa.ler ~?oved to*^'ard
t~ia edge of th_a lzz~ ~ d ~.nr field. . s11 kasernes south of the
25X1X '~tr'~':~1'~,szT_'J..,. ~ ,L.,~,H~.,,. road ~^iere aceiz-aa.ed bTT ,.
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- ~`~ `member Ir.,49
~~ :~.]. civilians living at the T'"~r;T-,~I~~~;TTTH~-:s~ ;L~'T~E~Y ~a,rf~.e:~d
??~er.e ordered to place t~3eir flats a.t the dis~~asal of
w~~ovYyiet f3.yin~; nersonr!el bets^~een 29 ~epter3ber rind Zl Octob~:r
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30 ~.~e~~,er~ber 1949
tine ??'a~ biplane (mac}nine ~:un ~~t res.r weat, ,x T~~l~ite '?6'~ an
:~'us~la~e ~ landed at the f ie7.d o 1'x fornat%on a:~ 4C~ bombers
e~wcorted by 20 ~'i~hters, cor~in~ frar~ tre east, landed there
about one hour lat;;r~ ~'he bombers flyin~? in ~?~ed~e i'or'~ations
ate" seven planes each "'ere circled by the`.. fi~~:.ters flyi~?~ in
e `~.e~ents o~ t~~~a ~ =]e saripti. on of bombers
i.o~..~~t~rin~ >rionoplane, tT;ro :n-line er_Gines, tail skid visible In
i'liGht, upper section of nose {~;Iazed, c~aa.cha.ne~;un aft of
cock.~it, antenna leadir;+.~? fron cockpit to rudr~.er asse~lbly, orgy
t~rc,en paint a
:.)ascription oi' fi~;nters z Lcr.^,-~,,,in~ nonaplt~ne, in~line on~ino p
gadiutor set ~a.nder engine, t,,,o .machine ~z~ns ~.bove e~~G3.ne,
tanerinG ~?~in~s in dihedrml, carved ?~tin~: roots, rounded T~~in
tips, l.andin~ ,roar retracted 'n?^,arda rear seetzan of cockpit
rve~lE~i~e~t~:roved For F~elease : C
Archivist c` the United States.
letter c` .3 Qctober 1373 from the
Director c, Central Intelligence to the
C?NFIDi=~iTiAl. in accordance with the
s document is hereby regraded to
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;~airir.~; fnLo fLa.;e3a~ce, ea.Y;non firin~? throta~h ?~ropell?r hubs
1 Uetober 1::49
~$ 'fliero T?:*r~s zzo ~'I.yin~ other thr~ courier flights narf'orr?ed
by the b3.planeo -
2 Oetob?.r 149
E~w 'i'~aree fi~Y~ters ~?ritlt the TM?hite i'i~;ures 3~ ~~ and ~~ respectigely~
an th?a fuselage took off about 3 porno And circled the field
,- radio truck arouxz~...,2,ich four about 2~-foot r~iasts *-,era ?t?~m
ranked in m s~taa,re, T?~as about 1~OC6 feet fron the edge of the
fields Z?he tr~:~:k leaded *?~itl? a fie d k?itch?n i:~AVed 25X1A
to???a.rd tke fields the passenger ce.r oe cttnied by an 25X1A
officer T?rearin~- a fold ~braidered clap , pres~x-ably a ~?er,ers.l ,
left thv field r.,xeooeedir~ in the direction of ^^:^?~'o
C~r:irient'
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AQ ~'he ~~TI;';T'--'3T:TD?~ t ~ aA:~'; airi`ield has so far not bson
occupied by an air unito :~.ir tra;~sport units oecasionnl~.y
banded in co3z.ne+rtion ??'ith army naneuvers hold in ~?h,.irinr-;iaa
b? Fron ths~ in~orrlation that the field l,aserne:~ had to lbe
evacuated b~~ thw c i~rilians for a Ii^~iter.~ ~eriad it is in~
ferrsd t?iat tht; bombers aiad fighters arrz~rin~ at tt~ze field
on a0 'epter~ber 149 *?~ere probably to be ter^orarily sta~
ti.aned thereo ..c cordn~ to t}xe desrariptiort.A the airc,raf't
~?rere ~'e-2s and '~a~i-dsa
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