DOEBERITZ AIRFIELD

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CIA-RDP82-00457R006100550005-3
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RIPPUB
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S
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2
Document Creation Date: 
December 14, 2016
Document Release Date: 
April 3, 2003
Sequence Number: 
5
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Publication Date: 
October 2, 1950
Content Type: 
REPORT
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Approved For Release 2003/08111: CIA-RDP82-00457ROO6100550005-3 CLASSIFICATION OOH"`Q`TR?, ~^t~"~et~~o~%.c:~~~? uc->..?~?:~~ .~, TOE"K E'~A ~Af ;. I'I At;L OBTAINED" .__.._.1 DATE OF CONTENT DATE OBTAINED[ REFERENCd REPORT IU._~ 25X1 25X1 PAGES ENCLOSURES (NO. & TYPE) REMARKS 25X1X Between 1 and L p.m. on 21 August 1950 about 70 tiro-seater low rri.ng monoplanes with in line engines and aircraft we on f :ring to the rear ore parked on the northern 25X1 A edge of the Doeboritz 0 53/Z 65) airfield. Warty aircraft of the same type were on the southern edge in front of the closed hangars. * There was no flying. Soldiers wearin flying suits did maintenance work on individual planes. 2. Trio lamps fitted on poles about 11 meter Iti_Ch were on the western edge of the field. A fuel dump in the northrrostern corner of the field consisted of containers partly underground, each with a capacity of 200 liters., and several containers of about 3,000 liters. The containers were filled from a railroad tank car. 25X1A 3. The barrae:. buildings were north of the field. Jeep and passenger cars 25X1AF7 -1 want to the field. 14. 50 25X1A X1 on. 31 August 1950, 143 s in ;l.e-enc`r_ne planes wore parked in front of the hangars on the southern edge of the field, and 33 planes of the same type on the northern edge. * There no flying, between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. The hangars were closed. I3o activity was observed except some fuel trucks moving from the fuel dump to the hangars. The fuel dump ryas being filled from t nee railroad tank cars. ** Large q tities of coal were stored at the northern edge of the field. 6. Between 9:30 and 10:30 a.m. on 3 Septc -ber 1950, about 40 single-engine ground at- tact,- aircraft were parked on the northern edge of the field and about 140 more on the southern edge. * All planes on the northern edge had a directional loop anten- na forward of the rudder assembly., an antenna rod forinrd of the cockpit, a weapon projecting beyond the rear wall the landing edge of the rudder assembly and on the fuse- la; e. 25X1 The 25X1 ?. .. oxrsati on3 of Q or 9 planes mace f7,;_4lrts of about half an hour duration. weather was hazy and the shy overcast. After landing the planes were parked on the Anuthern e ~-e of the field. The pimps used in this exercise Irudder assemblies. CONFIDENTIAL Approved 11 : CIA-RDP82-00 CLASS1FLCAI'!O 'y regraded to in v^c ,rc _ rca with th I :cEr c,f 13 Cc'.c;a^i ',r73 fired t:ia Director of Comm! to the Archivist of the United States. Next Review Dae: 2008 -25X1A 21 f'luust to 3 gent,enl~or1 eP re,0 I- 25 DA YE PREPARED ^scu n _ M? Ch n Cecla i sass. Clan a: S S C Autl:.: HR By: 25 Approved For Release 2003/08/11 : CIA-RDP82-00457RO.06100550005-3 25X1 25X1A 25X1A was seen at the entrance to t?le ~ inldh E Co ante The rusher and type o 'sates that the occu- 25X1 A 25X1 A* pa one field has not changedm Two Ground attack regiments are believed to be still stationed there. Information indicates that - __' than V~n TT-Ins_ 25X1 P Cor~ent The total capacity of the fuel dump is not known. omG-en Thy: sane markings were previously reported. C e same unit is atationoa in uoeoeri a uii , Aaw, v . 19?0. 7 Approved For Release 2003/08/11 : CIA-RDP82-00457R006100550005-3 25X1A being loaded with boards at the fuel dump. Truck 25X1A 25X1