MAGDEBURG-SOUTH AIRFIELD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R004500430007-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 8, 2001
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: February 28, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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'Apprzoved For Release 2001/03/17 :CIA-RDP82-004578004500430007-2
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l~ am Three biplanes ~rere parked at the F~agdekjurg~South
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~escr~.pt~.Qn: ln~line engines ttiaoablacisd propell.era hater
co?la.~~ painted da~~k :areen~ Soviet star on. ti^.hite fiels~9
armaments or antenna rods not identifiecl~
by ~'i'~e Hare biplane: ~ apparently of the s~~me type q Caere
parked in an ?pen hangar? Tti?JO persons left a 'b~.plane t~hich
hart apparently ~,ust lander~o The person ti?ah? sat in the raar
carried a hand aperated a~.rcrs.ft camera to t~.e. fli ht control
station
2~ ~ sentry crith black epaulets and armed t~iith a pistol coos at
the field entrance gated Tt^xer~ty solc~2ers tuea.~?1.n.g blue or 'bl.ack~
epaulets passed through the gate within tt~ro hooted Brame of the
soldiers Frith black service color had the flying i`~ ~n1.a on
their epauletso Passenger cars i 25X1C
the latter t~xith an air force r~river t^aere parksed ~t the
entrance of the field, ~~cept for 1~ soldiers t~orl,~ing ox~ the
aircraft no other Soviets ~rere saeno
3a The landing field had a good grass coUer (for lcscatio~n s?e
Anxae~c)' Thy: cantonment bu~ ldings beside the hangar tires
occupieda ~i:~t fuel barrels s bne Frith a fuel Pip aperated
by hand9 mere stored nearby?
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~ Comment.:
ao Accordin? to the description oaf the aircraft
the lanes are oaf ~-5
~'eype (~~n 01~sol:;sCent air reconnaissance ~ane a The aGLti atian
of the field by biplanes has often. been
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b~ From the it can be asst~r,ed. that the
aircraft are assi ,ned to a camponcnt courier 'unit o.f the Gracap
taf ?ccupation F~'arC'F3s G?rma~-~*a
? ~. sketch m t;~agdeburg-~Sauth ~i~.rfield.
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This document is hereby re~re~ded to
COIVF#DENT#AL fn accordance with the
letter of 76 October 7976 from the
Director of Central lntelsg~e~ ~' the
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