SCHOENWALDE AIRFIELD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R005300570009-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 27, 2006
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: June 8, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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REFEREIVCE~
~iany~ sentries ~re~arin~ bl~a.e spool?t~ warded tyre
field area axed the. road along thQ fl.elc~ border
on 17. .~Y~ril 1~~44 they t~~ere alle~edl~ search~.n~
~ PACES.,. ~ IwI~CLOSURES ttv?a & zvr~E>~ __
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la .A~iaut 4d single-engine lativ-~ain~ r~oo.apl~nes ti^rith
3.n--line engine rind at~aut 2t7 tti~in-Engine rairoraft ~;rere
par2~ed at 5c3:ioen~alde {~T 53/Z 66~ airfield on
4 .~~pril l~ j?oThe open han,ars c~ere vacant as
far as could be s?en, where was na fly~.n~~
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Dine twin-end ne a rcra tJere par~ec~ in front
of the tbva eastern hangars a~nc~ about ~U sin~le-
engine a~.rcraft in franc of the ~restern han~arsa
A radio station9 surratanded by a 1-meter Yai~I~
board fence9 Baas ~.n the sauth~uest corner of the
f~.elda It consisted of a small va~aoden cabin with
an ahtenna raci an its reof and four stea7L i.~asts
e~~?h fr?m ~i to u meters high. arQUndd
sen ~ c -
ue epa e s was an ward at the f ie3c~ entrance
~ate? valdiers v~aearin~, red-borc~ered9 black epaulets
practiced firi~.g on the firm;; ranges n?rth of tzae
field entrant?~
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for deserters~~
~.~ There tidas continta~ous f~.yxn~ v~r~.th sin~I,e--en ine
,round attack aircraft betti~3~en g a~,mQ and ~ ~~mo
on 13 _~:pril lg~o in usually fair f{~eathe~?,
~~~ ~~.~~nAr were ?f the asual. .
cc~xi_t`~..~,~:~~_~?~.ion ~J~.th an ante~an.a roc? :r or~~~?rc~ off`
G'O~"*~>l.,i'~y, ::u^vs~cn r^+?5+h .n l~in!an~n S"t'~''('~'Y '~ 1Gp
the ream
Dnly loos :~.~ i s, were maF e :~~. - ~P morn _n; ut
~'ormaticsn. fly:~n~ with tea threes four a,nd nine
planes was done in the af~?rnoon~ ryl~rin act2vity
crass n?* interrupted at n.oona Tt eras a~~~.ir~ noticed
that the lsr~d2nu flaps were three-sect~.onal c~,ith
one section uzyder t~12 ~"~.vo~.a~e,
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dccupa~cac~n ~y s~.n~le- axid i~~r.n-era~;:i.ne a~.xycr?:_aft is
concordantly rey~ort~d, ~Ytiia i.s~ ~viee$c~ tYt~tt .
t~:~e s ia~.~l~ ~-er~~ the ~;l~nes are
this c;on~'irtns the o~~servations
accordi.n_r to v;ah~.c~a trae ~':~.e~.d ? s occ~ap~.e ;~ a
~roun.d attaGlc -re~irTzent and a unit egtx~.p~~ed ~?aith
twin-en.~in.e aircraft (presumahlyr a traiglin regirllen~la
of the ~:~~ Bair Corps) o Zr3. add~.tio~1 to tl~e a~.r ford;
units ~ soviet .t~,rrny unit 'is ~uarter~~.a~~ the field
~guarter s~ whe presence of a radi o stat:~on (p~:~esum-
a~1_y a~~ .k~dcocL~ I:>F station? ?~ - - .~~r orner
of the ~'ic~lf~ c~as conr~.r~~ei
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