KOETHEN AIRFIELD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R008500050007-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 15, 2000
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: July 31, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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Between 66% and 8a .5 pert on 29 June, 1951, no a ?craf1 were observed at Koethen
a Lrfield. The Viability was porcr. The hangars ,% re close s: 1, radio installation
with four oasts was located about 500 meters west of the {oethennPre :ri c road
and about 200 meters south of the r3aasdor '?-Badeg rc!a..,, The masts., about 8
neteree high and about 8 to 10 meters apart,, Tr=re arraa,ni;cd in W-6 and
dire (:ic s 0 They war. a braced at, three, points by four guy wires each6 Each mast
had a cover plate (sic) on top. A 1eadw-inf, fitted at the, r..dpoint of each mast9
led to the now %acoden hut located in the rrai.dc'le of t ho s oy A short metal rod
was seen on top of the hut. (1)
A. radio installation with two rests ra's situated about 100 to 120 meters vrest
of ? the Arendedorf-Koothen road and about 250 to :300 meters north of the )ade ;ast-
Tuelka to road. The mas?i?h., about 8 meters highs stood in NiS direction, about 15
to 20 meters apart. The southern mast was braced at, two points by three guyi wires
each, A cable fitted at the mn.s th ad led to the ground vertically, An antenna
led northward to, the ground from an insulator insta.~+,1],ed on the top of the mast?
A lead.-wing fitted at about the center of the u. as .ator;:j led to a radio truck
perked bet en the t masts. The northern rust mas braced at throw points by
,four r izires each,, A line led from the top of t ,o raaet to cp wooden hut 3x5
meters just next to the r .st,, A truck ,r:~ mark =. inside the hut, A tent and a
Ian-.tchen hint were seen northwest of the radio truett , l.ye wee rr the masts, Two twin
lines led Prom the radio ins ~.~ ~ ate cara, one to card the field m ).d the other to
the radio installation with four casts,. A four strand line supported by teleCraph
poles led from the radio installation to the i~eaez aczra .=l e ;ice road Source
follcrcred the line almost to Prosi.?k,
A wooden rat 5 meters high and with a red cone-shaped light on top was located
5 meters northeast of the northern mast of the radio installation with two -masts.
x) roars, each of six liLhts About . 70 to 100 motors aapart, extended from. the
re dio installation toward the runway. The space between the two rows was about
70 meters o
Between 13. a.m. and 1200 prra,, on 211. June four ?ta d by jet fighters of the
>C.ert flight were parked on the eastern end of the ru ra r0 Red three--digit
numbers of the 100 and 300 series ware seen on the planes. The hangars were
r: osed0 To additional pia nes were observed on t. ae field. (2) a starting carriage
a radio truck with an extended antenna and seversl je-cps were parked at the
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gu~rs wer seen at ? ,he MI arl empiacoment ices t o the Noo hen$ a dorI
road.. (3 )
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A radio truck with tbreo mast antennas ,as ?arked at the take-off
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run' ay? Tho planes had two bulges on each r! a ? , The two hangars in the
northeastern section of the field were open and occupied by an unknown
numiber of jet fighlem, Six jet fighters were. parked in front of the
hangar. in the north restern section- of the field. The radio installation
,with Lour masts,, previously located west of the fields was dismantled,
The field was ob a erved on 3 July b? tw;ae :. 7 and, 8--30 p , ^-. It rained
oc tasionally$ and visibility eras poor with a r. 1cud. base of about 500
maters. The northern hangar in the northeastern section of the field
w open and occupied. by jet .f?`ighc ecrs, southerm lvm ar was closed,
Ten jet .fi hters~, inf. i .:ding one with a slightly h.i c;hzr and :;tecper rudder
assembly, and three sin 1e- en fine planes were parked in front of the
h gars west of the :I.li[;ht control building,. Four jet fi ,hters of the
alert flight were p r kod on the eastern end of the rrraaav. MEL
~e 4) A radio truck with a:i extended antenna; another
with tth e mast anterma:s, a star. - tincarriace, two tank -trucks, several
jeeps, and a,,truck with a. ple xiClass roof were seen at the take-off point,.
At E3O lo-ma the three si.n l.o?-ont;ino a.i.rcra b were bein warmed up,,; Four
searchl.i: hts mounted on trucks were locx;.tcd on both Sides of the Woethen-
a db f read, one about 300 motors. cast of -t.ho road and. the of zer three
-vest of it at d.stances of about 500 r t:c;sy~ 250 meters. and "fit() y
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At 9 a~,m0,. or, 2 July, four alert ;iet fi_;_htc rs were still parked. at the
field, Eight dditi ona.1 Jet fighters were seen in front of the hanE;ar s G;
Night flying was prdot.i wed at the field for the first tiue on. 3 July
between 11 p.m,, and I aomo As far as source, could c1 ter: ine only local
flichts 'carer nado.,
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