STAAKEN AIRFIELD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R007400120011-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 21, 1999
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: March 19, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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TOPIC.. ''taakon Airfield>.s
PAGES 2r~ ,_.....ENCLOSURES {EVo. & TYPE)lone sketch on ditto
1. Three t ri -en;'`i Le transports landed a.t the :5taaken (id j3/Z 6a )
airfield betrseert 6 and 7 porgy. on la Fobruary 1951. (1) The landing
l i ..,hts ,r Cal led on the wins of the planes were s. itc': ~ctd or Burin.
the landing. `The searchlight west of the field was not in operation.
20 5evi et a oldiers were digging trenches in the northwestern corner of
the fiel.d on 16 Febxruary. (2) The aircraft Narked in fiant of the
hangars could not be identified because of poor visibility.
Duri~ig the mok ning of 21 Febz uary., there was intensive local flying
with . si.r~rle?-engine ground attack aircraft nit trhe field, The vi: ibility
raas good, b:it the degree of cloudinea a was variable, Single-en;inc
hi h wing noplanes and biplanes :raciiced flying during the evening
while the searcalight in th.e northnvestern section o.f the field was in
operatioon0.. The searchlight pau ed for *5 minutes after each series of
ton rotations u
:4. The loud. noise of engines :ias heard from the direction of the han^_ars
at 7:30 a.:a. on 22 February. Ground attack aircraft taxied to the
northern 1a_ndin ; field where intensive activit,yr of ?ersonnel and motor
Vehicle., tips oaserved.. At 8:i.0 a.m. a ground attack plane took off and
headed southrVeat .. It loaded again ,at 9:10 a.m. At the same ti:"aa, six
ground attack aircraft of the same ty e flew over the field heading
sou~.;h. Alter ~::1.,:0 a.n1 the loud noise of engines etas heard again.
Pet: een 10:30 an 10:55 a.m. more than 40 round attack planes took off
individually : nd al.s;o in f ormtion of three l s on the 'I S runviay. The
sircraft as ambbl.ed over the field anal then. headed south;aest at as
altitude of about 200 meters. Ole of the ;.lanes towed a sleeve target.
One ground attack plane took of`f from the field at 11 a..m. and headed
-southwest totting a sleeve target. At ll;40 a.m. a grround attack -plane
dropped its sleeve target oveer they field aFtd then landed. The formation
of :^ound attach: aircraft retuned from the southr:es t at 11:.5 a .ra.
For tyr six planes were counted . (3) Landin s were made individually and
lasted until 12:10 p.rm. The planes parked again in the southeastern
section of the, field. AA11 of the aircraft had white propeller hubs,
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tlae : ida~ of t'_~cir fuse~.a~;e. The con^e~tive ntu~=r,~rs ? to Pty hero
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{1) ze as,rcr.a ~ Ir2s, boYo::t; to the air tr~~nsA~ox-~c squadrf~r~ stati_onec3
in Staaken.
(2) Tile dinin;; of tranchc~s is rG~orted aor the first t:u~e. i~'or location
of trench f see !lnnox?
(3 ~ T?~is i nfor;~tian eonfirc~ that, tlia ::'ie1.c~ is occu~~.ed ~~~ one ;round
attack red :iz~ent. ~.000rc~.a.:1try tee a sltietch e~ra~an b~ source but ?1ot ~:'or-
~~rarded, the; r~~..r~ent f3.ety ovc;r tics ai.rficzld in the ~'o'ilo.ti=in?; #.'orraa ~i:~ns
one fli~;lzt of t'nxoQ ~lanos, i'olloGaeci t~~,* a ~ ~or~atiUn of seven ~IG~nes
and then fors~tion$ of eight' Wino, tan aml mine aircrai'#,. Thi.~ ilijht
formation again conf~.r~ ~re3V'ltiu5 observat~.:~ns that a grr~ane~ attack
regi.msnt consists of 1"aur squadrons anti a 7.csadizlg i'1iuhta T?lo air~:raft
observ~3d :sere IU-1~3s.
(~ ~ The sa~rt3 :na.x?lcf.n~s :were re forted ~raviou.~ly b~ another sovx?eQ ~ :gee
`rho white u;a;x;r edges on the x?v~dder a^sc~nal;Zies are
25X1A t~ical for the grnurid attar regiment.
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