AIRFRAME PLANT NO. 1/18 AND AIRCRAFT ENGINE PLANT NO. 21 IN KUIBYSHEV

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R004800430001-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 11, 2013
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: May 8, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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cONFIDENTIArl,
CLASSIFICATION Itn/c0L US erne-1?11?
CENTR INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT
ONF ROVIATION REPORT CD NO.
04800430001-8
COUNTRY USSR (Kuihyshey Oblast )
DATE DISTR. ? It.ny 1950
SUBJECT
Airframe Plant No. 1/18 and Aircraft Engine
Plant No. 21 in Kuiloyshev
NO. OF PAGES 3
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1. Airframe .--ant !(:) 1/Lt :Aid aircraft enLine 44:
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,?. Li) to 1r,46,tie drs'rame plant pr .duced airfri...les and, in Lie entr.ino
pov:er units were anaufRetured (conversation duritv period o2 instruction/.
b. In february l';U,tie first jot-propelled ex2eriLental plAnes tee
Are dosiEns were -re;:areu hr el...-Zunkers encineers wit() va,rked in an exoeri-
l.c:.tal stf,tion in L.r::snayn Cainka. The experinentd planes were tcSt-rlota
by verman en:ineers. :t ml_ained doubtful wnetner turbojet power units were
Ade in the eAjne rcit;It tLat ti,Le (Conversations durinc period af
instructi)n).
C. It rftE Setted Wit:, certainty in tne course of Listructio.3
first. exeriznent:.1 piov;..r unl..5 arrived at tic en,..ine pirant lit ea r1.1,,
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:- . Jar;n_ Lne iteriou of transition Zroz:, ,TiStell-enkinu .ow,r units to turo-
jel, tudts,tne e.... ne p?ant ;?roduccd traztor enrincs rs6 for
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c. ;, walk tnrou_n tic air:11;4:32 plank: Lie 1:.s were re....entee to ;;
acr-Rn encinecr fro: hrasnayR ainka wno ado at:Lonc_ 57e0ca ribout t..L ,bod
life and t..c roat En-az:1-06s :aadc in tde Soviet -nion. At Lie LL.s.e Lih.e tie
refereed to the advantares of Lne bt:dulanov .5.,ock-worker) system.
2. Obseryhtiun of aircraft:
airc .alt; :If ter 1:Lte leoeuary 154L, they teldo,,,
appeared,
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b. Min-engine commercial planer; two or three were .permanently stationed
on the plant airfield.(3)
c. Four-engine planes, radial engines, double rudder assembly, glazed
,cockpit, no cabin windows. Often seen above and on tile airfield; theln ? -
generally used .Lo fly ingroups of two. (3) -
d. Jet pianes (see sketch):
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Description:
A midming plane, one turbojet power unit in the shape of a paunchO (potbelly).
under the forward_part.of the fusela,e. 'flngs-particularly. striking, as they
reminded one of swallow wings.' Rudder unit: shape comparable tb a.Iectangle
- slightly inclined toward the tail end. idevator unit, not exactly remem- 50X1-HUM
' bered; the term "fisn-tail elevator unit" was used. '.1.eapons .
or other details were not observed; a rod projectin, fort-
-aard above the air,-inlet opening. Durini. flight the nozzle ejccted a dart
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'smoke from time to ti.;:e but the noise did not change. Duration of flight
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not over a quart,:r or an hour; flying activity only in good weather. .
3. _Rower supply for the two plants come from a nearby electric power station...
4. Air-raid protection measures:
No observation.
fold Goxlent:
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fighters in Kuibyshev
1946.
began in the summer of
the production of jet
1946 and not as late as iebruarY
The statements -on tne deportation of groups of German. specialists snow that,
at least until fill of 1948, only development work and the manufacture of
piece parts for turbo-jet power units VAS done at the Krasnaya Glinka works.
complete aircraft were not built prior to that date.
The first turbo-jet units which were installed in Soviet jet pianos were
built accordin,j to original German designs as repeatedly stated before.
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(3) multi-engine csaercia_ planes uere
repaired in -the huloysaev aircrflt ens-lue plant. 1-4,e aircraft observed on -
the airfieid were iqobably suer: repaired planes. 50X1-HUM
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