GORKI/SORMOVO AIRFIELD AND AIRCRAFT PLANT NO. 21

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• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
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• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: January 28, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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t ir"INTELEiGEi4CE AGENCY REPORT NO.
.INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY USSR (Gorki ()blast)
SUBT . Gorki/Sormovo Airfield and Aircraft Plant No. 2].
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DATE DISTR. 28 Jan,, 1952
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NO. OF ENCLS. 1
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DATE OF
INFO. Winter 1947/1948 to October 1949
1, Jocationo
SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
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Southwestern edge of Gorki (56-19N, 43-51EE)0
2? No details on plant layout available, '..ork was definitely
done in three shifts0
3, Factory field west of llant 21 (see Annex )
a.> Size about 1,500 x 1,000 meters.:
Circular taxiway 5 meters wide, Two E.-W runways each about
500 meters long and 30 meters wide, nircraft dispersal areas
with soiae aircraft revetments on the eastern and southern sides
of the field
Work was be ing done at the taxiway and runways,
b Aircraft:
The maximum number of aircraft seen at the field at any given
time was four or five jet fighters and 10 to 12 pis ton-.pcw ered
fighters,
c, Obstacle and boundary lights were available,,
4,, Flying*.
There was irregular flying with individual aircraft. ''York was
being done on the parked aircraft all day long.
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Flying was stoired-?at night in rainy and Lrt?y weather?
during snowfalls and - , Leavy wind., The lanes were 10 el.oft for about one Lour; often even longer. Ground
take-off run about 600 .peters,, then followed a very steep
climb to an a:. titude of 2,000 to 2.500 meters,. The
eliding approach was performed in a straight line frora
an altitude of 1,000 meters and a distance of about
1,9500 raeters?, Length of landing. run much shorter than
tf,ke-off run.
".l.ile the jet fi~,iiters %ere readied for their take-off
a small cart was jerked beside them,. Fellow kws stated
that this was a pret.eater or a starter motor
b0 Conventional fighterso
Except In Leavy rain and snovifall there was almost daily
flying with conventional fighters, also at nighto
Duration of flight-. 2 hours and more., i-reheating during
the .;inter, ?0 to 30 minutes,,
5. Description of the observed aircraft
a Jet fisrhter
(1) Type I seers Up to .-arch i919?
Jet engine in fuselage, nose :?;r: eel? pronounced sweep-
'sack, angular wirgs with rounded tirsu ',id~winr or semi-
LigL.-wing mono lane, flat coc} pit set at about leading
edge of vying Elevator assembly set high at rudder assembly,-
The entire tail assembly looked as if mounted on sort,E sort
of atick slig.t.tly?above ti;s tail rmaraent was not ob-
served. r- .. ittering tube about 40 centimeters long and
,ro jecting to the fore ' as particularly noted on t }r, left-
hand side of the fuselageu
(2) Type Il, a slight modification of tyke S, was observed
since '.;arck. 1949 , The wings had a more pronounced sweep-
back and showed a bend to the rear in the last,, third,
.:ine.s had a slight dihedral end the rudder assembly was
hi ,h ?;r, Type 11 also Lad b greater speed and roaneuve.rabiu
lity than type I.
b. i iston-~ ~ered f iLrlter
3t,4ndard fighter t,-.e fitted with radial engine and tail
wk.ec.l-, Expert I'"s coy-ipared this type with the Y.^,--l90
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and the
Fuel su.,pJly
There Was a pipe line- frr'rm a fuel depot on the Oka River
to the airfield.
6eecuri measu: esp.
The plant and the factory field were surrounded by a
barbed-Wi-re fence. Sentries were on duty at day and
patrols wgtched the installations, at night?
Searchlights placed on t he roofs of workshops illurr..inated
,., uv ,? , , ,, ... , , .
the runway.
No AA Z* and no ca rollfl a?ge , t^zer1 observed. . 19
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Rumor s
`No German
engineers serving as test pilots were
said to be employed in the 1 lang,
., s trikirngly large number of groups composed of
iaigb ranking officers inspected the ;wlsnt in the
Summer of 191+9
10,, Rt+te of',roduction:
The out,Vut of the plant was often discussed in the
camj.., The general estir:ate was:
a~ Since V:arch l949 tc.o let fighters per day.
b., Conventional aircraft are not .roduced,, Source
supported this asau mption by pointing out that a contrary
to the jet fighters, the conventional fighters flew
very irregularly and sometimes in formations of 9 or
10 planes.
Comment:
ao The data on the aircraft plant and the factr,ry
field are rather scanty. . The estimated length of
the runway (FOO peters) is incorrect, as an aerial
photograph shows the runway to actually be 19200
meters long. This rectification is important in
view of the length of t1he take-off and landing runs
stated in ., era ha.:
Attachment: Sketch of Gorki/Sormovo Airfield
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