BRANDENBURG - ARADO AIRFIELD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R004000240008-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 21, 2003
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: November 30, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

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1. About 40 si no-le--engine aircraft `:were parked on the northern
edge of the 53/Z 23) airfield, The
planes were covered with tarpaulins at 10:30 a.m. and prac-
ticed flying; later. They were of the folloviin, three types:
1 i. hteen to twenty low-wing monoplane,:
liadial engine, three-bladed propeller, radiator Get under
fuselaze at trailing ed. , of wing, antenna mast atop of
"lazed cockpit, edZed elevator assembly, landing gear
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Aielve to fourteen EL-10o (see Annex);
hub, a small projection was visible at l adin'; edge
of vr.n'"Y' after the landing sear :Tad been retracted rearward
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previously mistook this projection for a
cannon - irin through the propeller disk. One about 35-mm
cannon projeetinu by about 20 inches over each win,-. .~
small radiator was set under the mid-fuoela ;e.
c, air to ei t low--wing monoplanes, presumably Yak,
(see nn x)t
in le--seat, in-line enine, radiator in line with t
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2. formation flying ties performed in the afternoon in fair
1Veathor. I1-10s flew in one row while four fighters
with radial en:aine circled the formation in-elements of two,
I'.ake--offs and landin;o were performed from 60 to 90 minute: Apart
Tlie pilots ere apparently c ion ;ed of z.or each landing and
the planes sere refueled from tan1k 1~1 cN7,
perfoan=ed e;d llialits the pilots
n"ing ? Y the
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This document is hereby regraded to
CONF(DEN IAL in accordance with the
fetter of t 3 Octo~.~er 1078 from the
Director U Cents: In;eiligonce to the
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Next `c iew Datte:r2008 a e e 2003/
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T~ze ,rewont occupation of the u il30 i~PJt~':a-A ~."QUO air-
field hau not been dettirzained. Aece'nt reports indi-
cate that a fi;;ilter unit svgs op arently tranaf;:rre
from JJ T_,'?DQG to
I :iu fighter unit: previously
C tatiol-vd in l~v ~~ . ~iij~'T--.'- A1.:}t~ were p eou aably trans-
f erred to G.~ -l ~ u _LG and 2Ii10,l. This i.:, the firet
inforauation on the p: eeence of -,round attack aircraft
Tile
i'+' :;,'~'W.~,i:ii-Ji; around attack re im t has so far been
a :J .tined to be transferred to D0EB.; ,L: TZ. It r;:?:,rteiins
to be confirmed ~,,h of or parts of this re,,i :.en t were
traneferre3 to 3.