AIRCRAFT PLANT NO. 18

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• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 31, 2013
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: January 31, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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SUBJECT Aircraft !'i.ant No 18
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1. Lmatipn ;
Last of the Voronezh River near Voronezh (39 16'L/51?39'N)bo
darin2; on a factory airfield to the north.
2. IlPlakattgflg_:
Oa? larze workshop vas in operation (see'Llanex).
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3. Ecillhatim
Tie rroddetion had not started and ite beginning date .vas not 'Amcwn,
the r1nt vas to be a eonrlete aircraft
plant rossible that after the ass-el7b1y of machines
ta be set up in the empty vorl:shops vas completed the rroduction
aircraft parts stIrted.?This'vas inferred froM the great sreed
with which the machinery vas assemblocL The time .used for this ifork
vs out of proportion to the time required for the rSionstruction
oT the destroyed workshops.
4. 4A ircma_p_hgelmymi_gt the factorr field_:
The aircraft.vere. fitted vith tVo in-line en3ines and three-
bladed propellers. They were lov-wing monoplanes vith a span of
ajout 14 meters and a 1en3th of about 10 to 12 meters. The landing
-gaar retracted rearvard immediately after the tae-off, Pull-view
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nose cock -Tit, a rear eUnner's station wes mounted on ton of the
fUselaee on-third the Ctistence froo. the nose, the "ins 'eere
simil7e to those of the 1.7:: 5'3, the shlq, arAT the rit'ensions of the
A:nselage bor a greet reeel:blance to the 1.,:?einel. 111. L belly-turret
about 3 weters lon'); fitted beteeen the eins.. The roar of? engines,
which in:Acated a ligh number of revelutions,, similar to that
produced by the Le-109. Take-off speed bout 200 speeds of ur
to 400 kr were attained; lending speed abort 150 trA The rlane
gained hei7ht rvidly, Dive practices rP helel from eltitudes of
about 4,000 meters; the -ireraft pulled out a -ltitrdes of 500 to
700 meters,
Pliant onnaeement and wort:forse :
The Scviet leana;ing director wore civilian clothes '"it 'e air force
decorntions. Several times a wee': source saw commissions of air force
officers.About 3,000 soviets -ere emplord, inc10.ing 40 r rcent
women; 400 members of the l'orsomol an : 's also ,?ored in t'e.c,
plant. One shift was wor'eed,
6 Obsczled 2irgzaa :
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tete-offs of s sin31e-,enejne 50X1-HUM
elsne. The blunt fuselage and the plexiglass cockpit Yith
a rear side were particularly noted. From the shape of the
colccpit the craft had a crew of tec.. The lan(ine
:ear letracted outward into the 'ines, rieid weanon was obeerved
on both sides of the fuselage; The
plme was painted a lusterless brown
the craft was somewhat smaller than the F:-190
it was very fest and mer.euversble. -
Th- en-ine produced a h4h-p1tched silling tone. After the t'ate-5 OX1-HUM
off, these pl-nes would make a steep climb, fly some circles at an
altitude of about 300 meters, and then lanA3. From this it was in-
ferreC that new aircraft were i.ein7 te-eted. Other typc,s 1-,:re never
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72 Three or four hangars in which single-ereeine aircraft similr to the
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7'.e-109 were being assembled, were on the southern side of the Article,
The-individual parts were delivered.
a. aircraft armament : One cannon, celil,elern'nown, feur machine
guns?fla front, one machine gun fitted in til turret The aircraft ?
were essenbled, fliht tested, and their errie'.-6ent adjusted, Three
or four aircraft were adjusted every week.. The fie1.d had a dia7ona1
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Airfrare Plant ro. 1J in Voronezh.
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1 through 4 lAocl of orkshops.
1 ...o:'tshoy., 150 x 30 t.eters, ith 120 to 1 lathes, boring,7,rinqln,,,
an.2 mi1lin7 machines in adtlition to srecial. nacines fl:,ear
shlpers.
2 ohshor, 150 ;: 30 meters. 7A..th IC tul'rei lathes, l latom,tic
hinos, 10 pr)cision lathes, about 10 berin; -a-
c!;nes .nc7 j special nachines for the -r'n Ln- of cutting -nd
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boin% tools.
3 .0r17sh.or, 450 x 120 reters, no detils avqilable.
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estinated at about 300. About 500 line deriv7.tions n'Onn!'n
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b-:cause they were not recuired for tho tio Uc1?oix
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eiectric annealin:; furnaces .1::re set ur on. the .--,st,7-rn van: of
the 7rorkshop. reasurin:; instruinents tetin;:rachilics
and syecial milling arr r1ndin ine v.rre alr'o seen, The
:itclien and cost exchan.:e 1-.0 at the nort,,rn side of ork:-
sho...c... On tts southern side vias a roor scrie precision
f;achines, eight precision special :rtia rachines .re seen in
a section partitioned off on the easter:. side.
4 ':.orl:shop, 450 x 130 f.eters, 7?as beinr:; euirred v!ith rlaninl
benches, lathes and electric weliAm..?,' :.bout 150 electric
1:!otors Cr= 0.5 to 12 HP ,::ere inntalled.
5 Tho destroyed ror?..shop,- 600 x 300 meters. 'vas being cleared avay.
6 .orlzshop, 300 100 motors, 'Ath a roof ;:ror.t.,ed by 10 cocrote
ri:aars. It housed to plumber shor (li:ht netal) an vms Eruirred
tAth about .five electric shearin achinos and vunchin-.: naehines
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Llectrie circle?cutters .an:7 tqrrirc, boqi
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The heavily dnmazed vorshor cleared a.:ay. ?
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Destroyed 1-orlcshop ?
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.,ater pump
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hll the macine tools in -,:orksho-s 213 rind 9 re tn1iv1da11y
driven by slectric r.otors.
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