ORANIENBURG AIRFIELD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R007500660009-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 13, 2013
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: April 4, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION
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Germany ('3oviet -,one)
COUNTRY REPORT
Oranienburc Airfield
TOPIC
EVALUATION
DATE OF CONTENT
DATE OBTAINED?
REFERENCES-
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PAGES 2ENCLOSURES (NO. & TYPE)
REMARKS
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I. During the period from 1 to 5 "arch 1951 the 'Thite Tv-n"
restricted area (the former 7einke1 settlement) in Oranien-
burg UT 53/: 67) -as occupied by air force and army units.
Blocks :!os 1, 2, 3, 14, and 15, in addition to 11 houses on
the former Lrast einkelstrasse, -,ere occupied by air force
soldiers. * The 48 rooms of blocks 'os 1, 2, and 3 ,.iere occu-
pied by about 240 717. Block .0 14 has 64 rooms, 32 of -Thich
'"ere occupied by 16 offices and their dependents, the other
32 being occupied by 64 officers. Block o 15, ,.ihich is
commonly called =7otel, has 48 rooms oecupied by 96 officers.
The soldiers billeted in blocks -os 1, 2, 3, 14, and 15 '"ere
flying person7.e1. 2he 11 houses on 7!rrst e'-,-kelstrasse served
as quarters for 440 ground personnel. These houses have a total
of 88 rooms, each being occupied by five soldiers. *
2. The officers -,ore blue-bordered golden epaulets, -hile the
"ere 1.!learing black-bordered blue eraulets, sone -ith propellers
and some ,-ith crossed lightning-flash insigne.
3. The name of a'r force 7ajor r-neyev or:
legedly a commanding officer, -as heard
could not be determined -thether "aneyev
officer of an air unit or of some other
Tt -as not no-n .CY" long the air force
tiqued t the field.
'aneyeff, (f al-
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-,as the commanding
air force oranization.
urits had 1,een sta-
4. On 9 -arch, 10 to 15 77-2s .'ere parked in the northeaStern
conier of the -?ranienburg airfield, five '77-2s 'Tier()
seen at the take-off point. Three other IT-2s ,lere aloft.
Prom 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. aircraft -iere continuously circlinp
the field. There -las a closed ceiling, but visibility "as
good. ',2he planes took off and landed from the north-est to
the southeast -ith stron7 side -ind. o radio installations
or radio trucks -ere seen at the field.
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5. On 10 parch, about 40 t-An-enpine piwles -ith in-line enrines 50X1-HUM
and double rudder assemblies -ere parked near the hangar at the
northern side of the Oranienburg airfield. ''** "umbers 1 nnd
46 riere seen on the rudder asselblies of of the planes.
6. The northern part of the restricted area rear the -hlte "2On
occupied by air force soldiers. ?he school in this area ,.,as
used as an administration buildinp. :bout 300 air force sol-
diers were f.uartered in 11 houses.
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Comment. ".17om the data contained in this parer:m.0 it 50X1-HUM
ap,-"Te7Frnia-the c7uartered a total of 680 air force
T4. and 176 !?,ir force officers. he individual data cnnnot 50X1-HUM
verified.
emmont. ?he field is occupied by a bomber reriment
euipned -ith. about 40 71--2 nicnes.
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